US Open qualification: Korpatsch and Schunk can continue to dream of the main field
Tamara Korpatsch and Nastasja Schunk won the opening victories in the US Open qualifier.
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last edit: Aug 23, 2022, 10:19 pm
Two German players can continue to dream of the main field of the US Open, for two more it was already over in the quarterfinals of the qualification. Nastasja Schunk (Ludwigshafen) and Tamara Korpatsch (Hamburg) won on the opening day of the qualification for the last Grand Slam tournament of the year (August 29 to September 11), Anna-Lena Friedsam (Neuwied) and Katharina Gerlach (Essen) failed .
Schunk (19), who had already made it into the main draw at Wimbledon, defeated the American Robin Anderson 7:5, 7:5. Korpatsch (27) had more trouble and defeated the Israeli Lina Glushko 3: 6, 6: 4, 6: 2. Friedsam (28) lost against the Romanian Ana Bogdan, who was seeded first in the qualification, 6: 3, 3: 6, 2: 6, Gerlach (24) had against the French Chloe Paquet 7: 6 (7: 4), 4: 6, 3:6 looking after.