Tennis – Williams Loses Round of 16 in New York – Sports

Tennis, Serena Williams: Tennis professional Serena Williams cannot find her way a few days before the start of the US Open. The 23-time Grand Slam winner was subject to world number 21 in the round of 16 of the Western & Southern Open in New York. Maria Sakkari (Greece) with 7: 5, 6: 7 (5: 7), 1: 6 and also retired surprisingly early on her second appearance after the restart of the WTA tour. In the previous week, the 38-year-old was already in the round of 16 at the world number 116 at the tournament in Lexington / Kentucky. Shelby Rogers failed.

Williams also played a prank on her body in her early retirement. Only 24 hours after her three-set win against Arantxa Rus, the American kept her left leg again and again, and she also had to have her back treated. With a score of 0: 5 in the third set, Williams even shot tears in his eyes. At first it was not known whether there was a more serious injury and whether her start at the US Open (from August 31) is in danger.

Basketball, NBA: National basketball player Maximilian Kleber is facing the end with the Dallas Mavericks in the play-offs of the North American professional league NBA. The Texans had no chance at 111: 154 in game five against the Los Angeles Clippers. In the best-of-seven series, the Mavericks are now 2: 3 behind, with the next defeat the 2011 champions will be eliminated in the first play-off round.

Kleber showed his best performance in the play-offs. The 28-year-old got twelve points and four rebounds in 28 minutes of play. Top star Luka Doncic was, in the absence of his congenial partner Kristaps Porzingis (knee injury), again top scorer of the Mavs with 22 points. For the Clippers, the two-time finals MVP Kawhi Leonard scored best with 32 points. In the second duel of the evening, the Denver Nuggets kept their chances of advancement alive. The team from the state of Colorado fought off the first match point of the Utah Jazz with a 117: 107 success and shortened the best-of-seven series to 2: 3. Jamal Murray shone in the Nuggets with 42 points.

Basketball, Satou Sabally: By far the best yield of their career was not enough for basketball national player Satou Sabally and the Dallas Wings to beat the Las Vegas Aces. The 22-year-old came on Tuesday (local time) to 28 points and eleven rebounds. The personal best and the third double-double of their career could not prevent the 92:96 against the leaders of the WNBA. It was Sabally’s second game after a back injury.

Instead of her performance, the sportswoman, who grew up in Berlin, only wanted to talk about the latest act of violence by police officers against an African American. “A lot of things are happening in this country and we have to focus on them,” she said. The 29-year-old family man Jacob Blake was seriously injured on Sunday in the US state of Wisconsin by police gunshots in his back. A video shows Blake walking to his car, followed by two police officers with guns drawn. One of the weapons is pointed at his back. When Blake opens the driver’s door and leans into the car, shots are fired. According to the family lawyer, Ben Crump, the car had Blake’s children, ages three, five, and eight. According to Blake’s father and lawyer, he is paralyzed from the waist down as a result of the gunshots.

Javelin throwing, Johannes Vetter: Former javelin world champion Johannes Vetter once again demonstrated his world class at the Janusza Kusocińskiego Memorial in Chorzów, Poland. With a strong 90.86 meters, he outclassed the competition for the former world champion Vitezslav Vesely (Czech Republic) in the eight meters. The 27-year-old from LG Offenburg threw over the 90-meter mark twice. In addition to his winning distance, he threw his 800 gram throwing device at 90.00 meters.

Two weeks ago, Vetter achieved an outstanding result in Turku (Finland) with 91.49 meters. Vetter now has a total of nine 90-meter competitions and 14 throws over the 90-meter mark in his statistics.

Tennis, Alexander Zverev: Alexander Zverev spoke for the first time about the controversial Adria Tour, his behavior afterwards and the cancellation of the show tournament in Berlin. “I made a mistake with the Adria Tour and then with the birthday party. I made a huge mistake and of course I can understand people,” said the 23-year-old of the German press agency on Monday (local time) after his early retirement from the ATP tournament before the US Open in New York.

He did not put anyone in danger except himself and had tested negative for the corona virus seven times, said Germany’s best tennis professional. “But of course it wasn’t the smartest thing in the world.” In June, Zverev was initially noticed negatively on the Adria tour organized by Novak Djokovic together with the world number one and other professionals because of party videos and the disregard of hygiene recommendations. After that, a party video with him had appeared on the Internet without any chronological assignment. Finally, Zverev annoyed the organizers of an invitation tournament in Berlin with his short-term withdrawal.

“After the Adria Tour, my management said: Better stay at home,” said Zverev after the 3: 6, 6: 3, 5: 7 against Murray. “Sure, I was negative. I was tested negative seven times after the Adria Tour, which I can prove. But there were also a few spectators in Berlin and I just didn’t want to take the risk again.” Like his wife, Djokovic had tested positive for the corona virus after the Adria tour and then went into quarantine at home for two weeks. Other players and coaches were also affected.

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