Great performance: Gojowczyk in the second round!

The Munich Peter Gojowczyk has decided on the US Open in New York the duel of qualifiers for themselves and for the first time in his career reaches the secondary finale of a Grand Slam tournament. The 32-year-old Munich won on Friday against Henri Laaksonen from Switzerland with 3: 6, 6: 3, 6: 1, 6: 4 and thus secured a handsome prize money of around 220,000 euros.

Both counterparties had secured a place in the main field via the qualification. After 2:07 hours Goyowczyk turned the world ranking number 141, its first match ball against the Laaksonen guided at position 130. In the fight for the entry into the quarterfinals, Gojowczyk now meets the number three Greeks Stefanos TsitsiPas or Carlos Alcaraz from Spain.

I never lost faith.

Peter Gojowczyk

In the round earlier, the previous Davis Cup players fallen after numerous injuries in the world ranking list had favored the favorite Serb Dusan Lajovic in five sets. He had already surprised with his first-round victory against the French Frenchman Ugo Humbert.

I've never lost faith. I always feel like my body is fit, that I also think here, Gojowczyk had said after this success. Without a coach he had traveled to New York, in the first round he had even annoyed himself that the referee had pronounced his name several times.

Increasing after lost first sentence

Although Gojowczyk gave the first sentence against Laaksonen after 32 minutes, but then came better and better into the game. In the Grandstand, the third largest stadium on the plant in Flushing Meadows, the Munich started in the fourth sentence with a double error in its impact game at 5: 4 guidance.

But then he resisted two breakballs and continued to play bravely and nervous. After just over two hours, he was allowed to cheer over his greatest success in addition to the ATP Title 2017 in Metz and the successful Davis Cup performance in 2014 in France.