Porsche Tennis Grand Prix: Eva Lys on Swiatek - "Her intensity blew me away"
Eva Lyswas only able to do a little in her second round match at the Porsche Tennis Grand Prix against Iga Swiatek . Still, she takes a lot with her.
by Florian Goosman from Stuttgart
last edit: Apr 20, 2022, 09:37 pm
A 1: 6, 1: 6 always sounds tough - but in the case of Eva Lys in her match against Iga Swiatek you have to say: The young German has sold well and can leave Stuttgart with her head held high. Especially after her successful qualification and her first round victory over top 40 player Viktorija Golubic .
Against the measure of all things in current women's tennis, Iga Swiatek, Lys also kept up well in the rallies, but was crushed by the unusual and for Lys unfamiliar game of the world number one. "Today I was really surprised that I couldn't really do my aggressive tennis like I did the last few days," said Lys afterwards. Swiatek set such a pace, went extremely into the ball - if she had had the opportunity to go even more into the field, with her whole body on the ball, Swiatek would have had more difficulties. But that was exactly the problem: Lys didn't get there and was usually the first to be driven out of the field. "I really admired how early she took all the balls, how few mistakes she made and how focused she was on every single point."
Eva Lys: "Fight to the last ball"
Aside from Swiatek's style of play, Lys has impressed. "Their intensity blew me away from the first second," she explained, never having experienced such a high intensity in a match. Barbara Rittner then explained to her that every minute with such a player is worth a week of training.
What was impressive about Lys, however, was that she fought to the end, both for the 5-1 in the first set and for that in the second after repelling a match point at 0-5. "When you come out on the pitch as a passionate player, as a player who really wants to achieve something, you should try to fight to the last ball," she said. Anything could happen in sport, she quoted Swiatek's winning speech, and after all, even after the 0:5, "a few chances opened up again" to bite into it. "But in the end she played it relatively solidly."
The 20-year-old can still proudly leave Stuttgart. "I had moments where I was able to assert my tennis, which gives you a lot of self-confidence," she said. "And of course I hope that I can play against them more often in the years to come."