Paralympics: Katharina Krüger fails in the first round
After the first round of the women's competition at the Paralympic wheelchair tennis tournament in Tokyo, the thing for Katharina Krüger - and thus also for the entire German team - is over again.
by SID / red
last edit: Aug 28, 2021, 07:54 pm
The German dry spell in wheelchair tennis at the Paralympic Games continues. As the only representative of the German Tennis Federation qualified for Tokyo, Katharina Krüger failed in the first round. Against the third-placed Dutch Aniek van Koot, the 31-year-old from the Zehlendorfer Wespen lost 3: 6, 1: 6 in just 68 minutes.
Due to the high temperatures in Tokyo, the game had been postponed to the evening hours at short notice. The last time there was for the German Disabled Sports Association inWheelchair tennis medal in Sydney in 2000. Krüger had always been eliminated in the last sixteen in her four appearances.