German tennis trio missed the main field at French Open

At the end of the qualification for the French Open, the German tennis professionals missed another starting place in the main field and compete in lean line-up at the Sandplatz Grand Slam, starting on Sunday. Only eight German players have qualified for the main field of Paris. In the past two years, eleven, in 2019, even 18 German professionals have been at the start.

On Friday evening, 18 -year -old Nastasja Schunk (Ludwigshafen) lost 5: 7, 6: 4, 2: 6 after a hard fight against Haley Baptiste from the USA. For the junior finalist of Wimbledon 2021, it would have been the first move into the main field of a major.

Previously, Routinier Cedrik-Marcel Stebe (Vaihingen) and Daniel Masur (Bückeburg) had lost on Friday in the third and last qualification round. The 31-year-old Stebe lost 3: 6, 3: 6. Masur had no chance at 1: 6, 3: 6 against the Frenchman Geoffrey Blancaneaux.

This means that only four German men and women are at the start at the French Open. In the men, Alexander Zverev (Hamburg/No. 3), Oscar Otte (Cologne), Daniel Altmaier (Kempen) and Peter Gojowczyk (Munich) were qualified as directly as Angelique Kerber (Kiel/No. 21), Andrea Petkovic (Darmstadt) and Tatjana Maria (Bad Saulgau). Only Jule Niemeier (Dortmund) made it into the first round on Thursday.