Laura Siegemund seized an unexpected opportunity and advanced to the third round. The 37-year-old had actually failed to qualify.
Laura Siegemund seized an unexpected opportunity as a lucky loser at the WTA tournament in Rome and advanced to the third round. The 37-year-old from Metzingen benefited from the last-minute withdrawal of the Czech player Karolina Muchova, who was seeded twelfth, and slipped straight into the second round of the main draw, where she defeated the Italian Lucia Bronzetti 6-2, 6-2. Siegemund had actually failed to qualify.
In the third round of the clay court tournament in the Italian capital, the doubles specialist will now face Stuttgart winner Jelena Ostapenko from Latvia. For Siegemund (ranked 101 in the world), it was her first victory in the main draw of a major tournament since the Australian Open in January.
Another German is competing in Rome in Eva Lys, who is the clear underdog in her second-round match on Friday against former Wimbledon winner Jelena Rybakina from Kazakhstan.
