Bitter end for Anna-Lena Friedsam at the WTA 250 event in Austin: Despite winning the opening set, the German had to admit defeat to Russian lucky loser Erika Andreeva. The match turned out to be extremely balanced, with both section one and set two having to go into overtime. Friedsam had better nerves with a late break in the first round, but the Russian secured the set equalization with a tie-break.

In the decisive sentence, the Germans were clearly out of breath, and they were no longer able to resist defeat. In the end, Andreeva played confidently to make it 6:3 in the deciding set after almost two hours and 45 minutes of play. The Russian is now waiting for the winner in the duel between Marta Kostyuk and Madison Brengle