Melbourne – Tennis pro Oscar Otte failed to repeat his success from the US Open in his first Australian Open appearance.
The New York round of 16 finalist was eliminated in the second round against 25th seed Lorenzo Sonego of Italy with a 6-2, 2-6, 3-6 1-6 defeat. Ote’s performance in Melbourne was over after 2:31 hours. At the US Open last September, the world number 96 from Cologne had beaten Sonego in round one and then surprisingly reached the last 16 as a qualifier.
The great German hope at the Australian Open is Alexander Zverev. The Olympic champion from Hamburg will meet the Australian John Millman on Wednesday (2nd match after 9.00 am/Eurosport).
