Gaël Monfils reaches the round of 16 at the Australian Open
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Eva Lys continues to surprise in Melbourne
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Gaël Monfils reaches the round of 16 at the Australian Open
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Eva Lys continues to surprise in Melbourne
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Taylor Fritz, the tournament's No. 4, has to admit defeat in the third round of the Australian Open.
18.01.2025, 08:41
18.01.2025, 09:11
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"Lucky Lys" continues to surprise
The German Eva Lys has added a historic chapter to her tennis fairytale at the Australian Open. The 23-year-old beat Romanian Jaqueline Cristian 4:6, 6:3, 6:3 in the third round and became the first female lucky loser ever to reach the last 16 of the Grand Slam tournament in Melbourne.
The world number 128 had actually already failed to qualify and only officially slipped into the main draw 15 minutes before her first match. There, under her new nickname "Lucky Lys", she is now causing quite a stir with three victories. In the round of the best 16, the Hamburg native will face top star Iga Swiatek on Monday. The Polish world number two gave Britain's Emma Raducanu no chance in a duel between two Grand Slam tournament winners, winning 6:1, 6:0.
Fritz fails against Monfils
Frenchman Gaël Monfils, the world number 41, defeated American Taylor Fritz (4th) in the third round on Saturday. The 38-year-old Parisian, who became the oldest tournament winner on the ATP Tour since 1977 in Auckland at the beginning of January, won the match 3:6, 7:5, 7:6 (7:1), 6:4 and will now face the Italian Lorenzo Musetti (No. 15) or the American Ben Shelton (No. 20) in the round of 16. On Saturday, the veteran ended a run of 12 consecutive Grand Slam defeats against players from the top five. His last success dates back to 2008, when he beat Spain's David Ferrer in a quarter-final at the French Open.
