Qualified for the first time: Lulu Sun with premiere at the Australian Open

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Lulu Sun (WTA 189) strengthens the Swiss faction at the Australian Open. The 22-year-old from Geneva qualified for the main draw of a Grand Slam tournament for the first time.

Sun shows its qualities when it is well above 30 degrees in Melbourne. After winning the starting set, she found herself in a gap against the Turkish Zeynep Sonmez (WTA 155) in the second round and also had to fight in the third. After an hour and fifteen minutes, the daughter of a Croatian and a Chinese woman, who moved to Geneva as a child, had the upper hand 6:4, 3:6, 6:2.

“Reward for hard work”

“This is the reward for all the hard work of the past year,” Sun said beaming after the match. In fact, she is currently ranked better than ever before. Over the past two and a half years, the New Zealand-born southpaw has improved her ranking by more than 500 positions.

However, Alexander Ritschard (ATP 198) and Simona Waltert (WTA 166) failed at the last chance. The 29-year-old from Zurich has no chance against the Italian Giulio Zeppieri, who is 64 positions better, 3:6, 3:6. The 23-year-old from Graubünden held on well until the first set tiebreak against the Russian Anastasia Sakharova (WTA 191), but lost this 1:7 and then also the third set clearly 1:6. (SDA)

Source : Blick