Tennis player Laura Siegemund missed her first knockout round at the Australian Open in Melbourne.
The 34-year-old was beaten 6-1, 3-6, 3-6 in her third-round duel against French Caroline Garcia despite a good performance.
This means that the second week of competition at the first Grand Slam tournament of the year will take place for the first time since 2010 without German individual participation.
Eight German players had already failed at the opening hurdle, Olympic champion Alexander Zverev followed in the second round.
Siegemund wanted to play "actively" and "variably" against the big favorite and "not get involved in her power tennis" - and she managed that very well at first.
The German, who was on the hard court for the fourth day in a row, showed no sign of tiredness.
She made few mistakes at first, taking serve twice from Garcia in the first set.
Garcia caught on from the second round, the US Open semi-finalist narrowly prevailed with her better quality.
Siegemund had already exceeded their target by entering the third round.
The world rankings-158.
from Metzingen has mainly focused her tournament planning on doubles since her serious knee injury.
There she was eliminated in Melbourne on Friday with her Belgian partner Kirsten Flipkens in the first round.