Overview
- Germany’s Lorena Schaedel beat Egypt’s Hajar Abdelkader 6-0, 6-0 in about 37 minutes in a W35 Nairobi first-round match.
- Abdelkader entered the main draw via a wild card and appears to have no prior professional record in official ITF archives.
- Official stats showed Schaedel serving 13 aces with 92% first-serve success while Abdelkader double-faulted 20 times and won three points.
- Match footage circulated widely on social media as analysts questioned the level of play, renewing concern over wild-card practices following recent ITIA cases involving paid invitations.
- Neither the ITF nor tournament officials have issued a statement, and Schaedel advances to face Yuffei Ren at the $30,000 event in Nairobi.