Ofner’s blackout: Austrian celebrates too early – out of Melbourne qualifying

What had happened?

Ofner led 6-1 in the tiebreak of the third and decisive set and made the point 7-1. Then he raised his hands in the air and went towards the net to shake hands. However, at the Australian Open the match tiebreak is based on ten points won – which the referee pointed out to him.

Ofner had to keep playing, obviously lost concentration and barely scored any points. The 20-year-old Basavareddy moved into the third round. For Ofner, the tournament is over before it has even really begun.

Lilli Tagger won the game that was thought to be lost

It did better than Sebastian Ofner Lilli Tagger. The 17-year-old beat the Russian in her first appearance in Melbourne Elena Pridankina with 6:7, 7:6, 6:1. The Austrian was already behind by a break in the second set when the Russian served to win the match. But Tagger managed the re-break and took the set in the tie-break 7:5.

After that, 20-year-old Pridankina’s resistance was broken. Tagger played great in the third set, won 6-1 after a total of 2:31 hours and has “only” one hurdle left to overcome before the main competition of the Australian Open. In the third and final qualifying round she will face the Thai in Melbourne on Thursday in the third game after 1:00 a.m. CET Because Tararude. The 21-year-old is in 131st place in the world rankings, ahead of the ÖTV talent (WTA-154).

However, he lost Yuri Rodionov. The 26-year-old lost to the American Zachary Svajda 1:6, 4:6. This only stands for men Filip Misolic in the main competition. Among the women, the neo-Austrians have it Anastasia Potapova and Julia Grabher secure their place, Tagger can follow the duo on Thursday.