French Open NOW in the live ticker: Siegemund is fighting for the quarter-finals - with a painkiller and an iron will

French Open: There are two German surprises in the second round.

Are Laura Siegemund and Daniel Altmaier continuing their sensational run?

The live ticker.

• At the

  French Open

  * there are two Germans in the round of 16 that nobody expected.

• Laura Siegemund

  and

  Daniel Altmaier are

  fighting for a place in the last eight.

• We will accompany the two games from

  11 a.m.

  in the

  live ticker

  .

>>> UPDATE <<<

Update from October 5, 11.10 a.m.:

It's about to start on the Simon Mathieu Court!

and

are already

.

The German struggles with back problems - but wants to bite through.

A painkiller should help.

We wish good luck!

French Open: Zverev out - hopes rest on Altmaier and Siegemund

First report from October 5th:

Paris - If someone had

said

before the

* that

and

the

only Germans

in the tournament

at the beginning of the second week

- they would have been declared crazy.

But now the two outsiders are aiming for the quarter-finals in Paris.

After the heavily discussed departure of

the German tennis hopes at the French Open * rest on two round of 16 debutants.

In the women's class, Laura Siegemund will

meet the Spaniard

in the first game of the day from

on

Monday in the first Grand Slam round of 16 of her career

.

In the men's race, qualifier Daniel Altmaier fights against Spaniard

for the quarter-finals

at his premiere at Grand Slam level

.

Altmaier wants to continue writing his Parisian tennis fairy tale.

The 22-year-old from Kempen is in

the main field

at the

without losing a set and is bursting with self-confidence.

Altmaier is not afraid that he is facing one of the most unpleasant and flawless opponents in Carreno Busta.

"Above all, I have to look at my game," said Altmaier.

French Open: Boris Becker trusts Daniel Altmaier to have another surprise

The North Rhine-Westphalia has played a lot since the restart after the Corona break and is now benefiting from it in terms of fitness and

experience in dealing with the special Corona situation.

"That gives me a lot of strength and self-confidence," said Altmaier, who has already earned more prize money in Paris than in his entire career before (189,000 euros).

Tennis legend

believes he will have another surprise.

"The journey is far from over," said Becker as a TV expert at

.

French Open: Laura Siegemund has back pain - but wants to fight

That should also apply to Siegemund on Monday.

The Swabian wants to use the many favorite falls this year and stay in the tournament.

However, the 32-year-old has been struggling with very stubborn back problems for days.

“There is something in the lower part of the back, that's all I want to say about it,” said Siegemund.

She also wants to bite her teeth against Badosa, whom she knows well from various training sessions.

“I can't do more at the moment.” (Epp with material from dpa)