US Open: Karin Knapp loses derby against Roberta Vinci 4:6, 3:6

Karin Knapp was eliminated in the third round of the US Open, the last Grand Slam tournament of the year. The 26-year-old from Luttacher (Ahrntal) had to be beaten by Roberta Vinci from Taranto on the night from Saturday to Sunday, who is in the top spot in the seeding list. Vinci won 1:27, 6:4 after 6:3 hours of play. In the round of XNUMX, Vinci will face an “Azzurra” again, namely Camilla Giorgi.

After Knapp had eliminated the American Grace Min at the start and then the Russian Elena Vesnina, this time she had to acknowledge her opponent's victory. The match got off to a perfect start for the South Tyrolean, as Knapp immediately managed a break to take a 1-0 lead. However, Vinci immediately managed to equalize and with the score at 5:4, the southern Italian was able to take the serve again from her South Tyrolean opponent. With the score at 30:40, Knapp initially successfully fended off a set point, but subsequently made two slight errors that cost her the set.

In the second set, Karin Knapp was even able to break her opponent twice, namely to make it 1:1 and 2:2. But both times Roberta Vinci immediately had the right answer ready and managed the rebreak. At 4:3, the tennis player from Apulia took the Puster woman's serve again to make it 5:3, after which the world number 13 served to win the match.

In the direct duels the score is now 2:2

Karin Knapp can console herself with the fact that she has never advanced this far in her career at the US Open. The 26-year-old made it to the third round for the first time and will be back in the top 50 in the new world rankings. In the direct duels between Karin Knapp and Roberta Vinci, however, the score is now 2:2. Knapp won the first two duels in Palermo 2007 (2:6, 6:2, 6:3) and in Rome 2012 (6:4, 2:6, 6:2), while Vinci was also victorious in Palermo last year (6:2, 6:2) and now also in Flushing Meadows.

Knapp collected a total of $93.000 in prize money at the US Open (70 euros), meaning she has earned a total of more than a million in prize money in her career.

Karin Knapp's individual record in the main draw of the US Open (7 games, 4 defeats, 3 wins)

2013: 1st round: + Grace Min (USA/WTA 150) 6:3, 6:1 2nd round: + Elena Vesnina (RUS/WTA 24) 6:1, 6:4 3rd round: -Roberta Vinci (ITA/WTA 13) 4:6, 3:6

2011: 1st round: - Anabel Medina Garrigues (ESP/WTA 33) 7:6(7), 4:6, 3:6

2008: 1st round: - Iveta Benesova (CZE/WTA 50) 0:6, 3:6

2007: 1st round: + Yung-Jan Chan (TPE/WTA 66) 6:2, 6:0 2nd round: - Ahsha Rolle (USA/WTA 109) 6:3, 4:6, 3:6

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US Open: Karin Knapp loses derby against Roberta Vinci 4:6, 3:6

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