Three German players are in the quarterfinals of the tennis tournament in Hamburg. After Jule Niemeier and Noma Noha Akugue, Eva Lys also reached the last eight in front of her home crowd. The 21-year-old defeated Hungarian Panna Udavrdy 6: 4, 6: 1 on the center court at the Rothenbaum facility.
The world number 167, who was born in Kiev, already had in the first round. with her success against the number two seeded Egyptian Mayar Sherif managed a surprise at the clay court event endowed with 235,680 euros. Next up for Lys on Thursday is Dutch Arantxa Rus, who was ranked number seven in the tournament.
Noha Akugue “mega happy and proud”
Also surprising was the first time that talent Noma Noha Akugue reached the quarterfinals of a WTA tournament. After a botched start, the 19-year-old from Reinbek won against Storm Hunter 0:6, 7:6 (7:2), 6:4. Her Australian opponent knocked out the top seeded Croatian Donna Vekic in the first round. “I’m super happy and proud of myself,” said Noma Noha Akugue, who now meets Italian Martina Trevisan.
Dortmund’s Jule Niemeier reached the round of the last eight at a WTA tournament for the first time this year. The 23-year-old defeated sixth-seeded Yulia Putintseva of Kazakhstan. After 2:36 hours she converted her third match point to 5:7, 6:3, 6:1. On Thursday, last year’s Wimbledon quarter-finalist will play Australia’s Daria Saville, who previously defeated Hamburg’s Tamara Korpatsch 7-6 (8-6), 6-2. “I stayed brave and I’m a bit proud that I shot it again today,” said Niemeier.
