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News January 18, 2025

Australian Open: Fortunate loser Eva Lys pulls off large 3R comeback and writes historical past

Australian Open: Fortunate loser Eva Lys pulls off large 3R comeback and writes historical past
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Eva Lys’ fairytale run at Melbourne Park continues after the fortunate loser world No. 128 got here again from a set right down to beat Jaqueline Cristian 4-6 6-3 6-3 and progress into the Australian Open round-of-16. 

After dropping her serve twice in a shaky begin to the match and dropping the opener, the German bounced again within the second set with two breaks to pressure a decider.

Within the third set, the world No. 128 accomplished her comeback with breaks within the first and ninth video games.

By beating Cristian, Lys additionally wrote Australian Open historical past and have become the primary participant since 1988 to succeed in the round-of-16 on the match as a fortunate loser. 

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As a reward for her nice run, the 23-year-old will get an opportunity to play five-time Grand Slam champion Iga Swiatek for a spot within the quarterfinal.

Beforehand, the 2 met as soon as because the Polish tennis star dominated 6-1 6-1 of their 2022 Stuttgart match.

Lys was near leaving Melbourne

After struggling a decent three-set defeat within the Australian Open qualifying, the world No. 128 stayed in Melbourne hoping she might get in as a fortunate loser.

And that occurred after Anna Kalinskaya withdrew very late from her opening match in opposition to Kimberley Birrell.

However for the reason that Russian tennis star pulled out so late from her match, Lys mainly had solely 10 minutes to prepare.

“I don’t suppose I’ve any phrases to explain it but. I came upon about it 10 minutes earlier than the match so I didn’t have time to get nervous,” the 23-year-old said earlier in the tournament.

“I used to be panicking just a little bit as a result of I didn’t actually put together my drinks. I didn’t have match garments on so I went to the locker room, received modified immediately, after which they referred to as my identify.”

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