Peter Gojowczyk is in the round of 16 of a Grand Slam tournament for the first time.
The 32-year-old qualifier from Munich made the surprising jump into the round of 16 at the US Open on Friday with a 3: 6, 6: 3, 6: 1, 6: 4 win against the Swiss Henri Laaksonen.
“Unbelievable, I don't know what to say,” said Gojowczyk: “I enjoyed playing on this pitch so much, unbelievable.
Just take it with you, go on. "
Gojowczyk already has prize money of 265,000 US dollars (around 220,000 euros) and will now face the French Open finalist Stefanos Tsitsipas from Greece or the Spanish top talent Carlos Alcaraz.
World number 141 reacted against Laaksonen.
heavily on the loss of sentences and then set the tone.
With Alexander Zverev and Oscar Otte, two more German men have the chance to reach the last sixteen on Saturday.
Zverev meets the former world number eight Jack Sock from the USA.
Otte has to deal with the Italian Andreas Seppi.
Angelique Kerber is the only one left for women.
The three-time Grand Slam winner takes on the duel between two former tournament winners and the American Sloane Stephens on Friday evening.