Australian Open: Bencic eliminated in Melbourne

Tennis: Bencic also fails in Melbourne

(sda) Belinda Bencic fails at the Australian Open in the second round. The number 22 seeded Olympic champion lost 2-6, 5-7 to American Amanda Anisimova (WTA 60). For the first time since 1995, Switzerland is not represented in either the men’s or the women’s tableau in the third round in Melbourne.

Bencic required lower back treatment in the second set and was visibly restricted in her movements. The 24-year-old from Eastern Switzerland’s preparation for the season was disrupted shortly before Christmas by a Covid-19 illness with a relatively high fever.

In the game, Bencic not only struggled with back pain, but also with gusty winds and an opponent who was in good form. She started the game well with a break and winning the first six points, but then showed great difficulty with her serve (two aces, six double faults).

Bencic also took a 3-2 lead in the second set with a break. After losing the following two games, the physiotherapist let her come onto the court. In fact, she never gave up and fended off two more match points on her own serve, but she couldn’t turn the game around.

In the second round Jil Teichmann was also the end of the line: The Swiss left-hander lost 1:6, 2:6 to number 24 seeded Belarusian Viktoria Asarenka.

General: Experts find vulnerabilities in Chinese Olympic app

(dpa) Foreign researchers have discovered security holes in the Chinese Olympics app “My2022”. Personal information could be intercepted because of a “simple but devastating vulnerability” in encryption technology in transit, researchers at the Canadian University of Toronto’s Citizen Lab warned in a report released on Tuesday (local time).

Athletes and other participants in the Beijing Winter Olympics from February 4 to 20 must use the cell phone program to prevent the pandemic, at the behest of security authorities. This includes health data such as medical history, vaccination status, PCR test results, daily temperature measurements in the 14 days before the games, previous trips and passport details. The app also offers features like text and audio chat, medal count, news, weather and data transfer.

A list for censoring sensitive search terms was also discovered, but according to the researchers it has not been activated. Among other things, it is about Tibet, the Xinjiang region and possible criticism of the Communist Party. The researchers reported that it is unclear why the function is not activated. Such lists are often built into Chinese apps.

Ice Hockey: Roman Josi conceded fourth defeat in a row

(sda) Roman Josi conceded his fourth loss in a row with the Nashville Predators. The Bernese defender remains without a scorer point in the 1: 4 against the Vancouver Canucks.

It was only the third time since the beginning of December and 16 games that Josi failed to score or assist. After a strong start to the new year, the Predators suffered four defeats in six days. The next game against the Winnipeg Jets is already scheduled for Friday.

Nino Niederreiter contributed an assist in the Carolina Hurricanes’ 7-1 win at the Boston Bruins and now has 18 points this season.

Soccer: Borussia Dortmund eliminated from the DFB Cup

(sda) Last year’s winner Borussia Dortmund failed in the round of 16 in the DFB Cup. The team with the two Swiss Gregor Kobel and Manuel Akanji lost away against the second division leader St. Pauli 1:2.

For Dortmund it was the first cup defeat against a lower class in more than eleven years. In 2010/11, BVB lost in the second round against Kickers Offenbach in a penalty shootout.

This time it was not enough for Dortmund, who started the second half of the Bundesliga season with two wins and eight goals, not even into extra time. Outsiders St. Pauli made the preliminary decision with two goals before the break. Dortmund’s Axel Witsel scored an own goal to make it 0:2. Shortly after the break, Erling Haaland was only able to shorten it with a foul penalty.

Dortmund’s interim balance in mid-January does not read well: In the Bundesliga, the gap to leader Bayern Munich is six points, in the Champions League they missed the round of 16 in a comparatively simple group, and in the cup they were eliminated by a second division team.

Central defender Manuel Akanji made his first start since knee surgery in early December after making a comeback with a part-time effort last weekend.

St. Pauli – Borussia Dortmund 2: 1 (2: 0). 2000 spectators. – Gates: 4. Amenyido 1-0. 40. Witsel (own goal) 2:0. 58. Haaland (foul penalty) 2: 1. –Borussia Dortmund with Kobel and Akanji (until 76th).

ZSC Lions – HC Davos 3:2 (3:0, 0:0, 0:2). 7962 spectators. – Gates: 2 Quenneville (Azevedo, Krueger) 1-0, 7 Geering (Krueger) 2-0, 17 Roe (Sigrist, Marti) 3-0, 42 Nygren (C. Egli, Frehner) 3-1, 60 D. Egli (Bromé / Rasmussen excluded! / Davos without a goalkeeper, with five field players) 3:2. – The people of Zurich react to Sunday’s defeat and win against the record champions thanks to a lightning start. In the end they still have to tremble, but three early goals are enough to win.

This is how the game went: The ZSC appears to have recovered well from the annoying 1-0 overtime defeat against Zug on Sunday – at least at the beginning. Every shot is a hit, that’s roughly the motto of the starting phase. It’s 2-0 after six minutes, which means it’s over for HCD keeper Gilles Senn. He is replaced by Sandro Aeschlimann. Ten minutes later, the score is still 3-0 for Zurich.

But the HCD does not allow his opponents to switch to pure result management after their lightning start. He tirelessly tries to gain access to the game, pushing the pace and creating a lot of pressure. Ludovic Waeber in the Lions goal can excel several times. And Davos slows itself down: In the 36th minute, Andres Ambühl is sent to the shower prematurely after a check against Dominik Diem’s ​​head – the day on which the 38-year-old receives his fifth Olympic squad ends ugly for him.

Even without their great leader, HCD never dreamed of giving up this game. Zurich are increasingly in trouble and can only set a few accents on the offensive. With the 3: 1 after almost 42 minutes, Magnus Nygren heralded a third third that has it all. Davos is becoming more and more self-confident, the ZSC almost always behaves like a rabbit in front of a snake, they are afraid of letting the game out of their hands and hardly move. In fact, with 38 seconds remaining, Davos is still 3-2 up, but there isn’t enough time for more.

Thus, the people of Zurich managed the third win in the fourth duel of the season against the people of Graubünden. Their coach Christian Wohlwend is still waiting for his first success in the Hallenstadion. The ZSC Lions remain on course with these three points, the 3:2 is the eighth win in the last nine games. It continues on Friday in Biel.

PS: With these words the author says goodbye to the readership. He is now moving to the media boulevard, from where he will continue to keep an eye on the hustle and bustle of the Zurich Lions, albeit from the background. The actors come and go, what remains is the wisdom that unites us all: life without ice hockey is possible. But pointless. In this sense: It was my pleasure. All the best! (Ulrich Pickel, Zurich)

national league. Tuesday: Zug – Biel 3:2 (0:0, 0:0, 2:2, 0:0, ) after P. Ajoie – Lugano 3:7 (1:2, 2:2, 0:3). Friborg – Berne 3: 1 (1: 1, 0: 0, 2: 0). Geneva/Servette – Lausanne 4: 3 (2: 1, 0: 1, 1: 1, 1: 0) a.e.t. SCL Tigers – Rapperswil-Jona Lakers 1: 3 (0: 0, 1: 1, 0: 2). ZSC Lions – Davos 3: 2 (3: 0, 0: 0, 0: 2). – The ranking: 1. Rapperswil-Jona Lakers 39/76. 2. Freiburg 35/74. 3rd train 36/72. 4. ZSC Lions 39/71. 5. Biel 38/70. 6. Davos 38/65. 7. Geneva/Servette 37/55. 8.Lugano 38/54. 9.Lausanne 36/53. 10. Berne 37/46. 11. Ambri-Piotta 38/43. 12. SCL Tigers 39/32. 13. Ajoie 36/18.