Overview

• Paula Badosa defeated Lys 6-1, 6-3 in under an hour in Berlin’s opening round.
• Lys was the lone German in the main draw of the WTA 500 grass-court event in Berlin.
• The 23-year-old has minimal grass-court experience and had set modest goals of gaining match practice.
• She will compete in next week’s Bad Homburg tournament as her final warm-up on grass.
• From June 30 Lys will make her Grand Slam main-draw debut at Wimbledon in London.