Jule Niemeier at the start of the WTA tournament in Stuttgart An exciting German tennis duel won and made the jump into the round of 16 after a feat. Against the local hero and former tournament winner Laura Siegemund, the 25-year-old prevailed after one up and down with 4: 6, 6: 3, 6: 4.
After 3:12 hours and a successful catch -up hunting, Niemeier decided to meet the first round. Touched she dropped her racket in the sand, hugged her opponent on the net and then cheers with her team emotionally.
Much indicates a victory for victory and
With a 1: 4 deficit in the decisive third set, almost everything had indicated the next disappointment for Niemeier. But in the nerve game in the end, the Dortmund woman fought back successfully against the winner of the Porsche Grand Prix from 2017. “It was the sticking point that I had no idea how it was and just played,” said Niemeier, who had brought itself to the bredouille with too many mistakes at the beginning of the match.
Teammates become opponents
In the past week, never teammates and the Metzing native were still teammates when they represented the German Tennis Bund in Billie Jean King Cup. A few days after the defeats against the Netherlands as well as Great Britain and missing the finals, they had to go against each other. «I think we both got in. I think the first sentence was very nervous of both, »Nieemeier summed up.
German number one Lys far from a coup
Another German duel does not occur in the round of 16. The best German tennis player Eva Lys stayed without a chance in the 2: 6, 1: 6 against the clearly favored Italian top ten player Jasmine Paolini. After only 64 minutes, the tournament for the Hamburg woman was over.
Niemeier will now accept the challenge against the Wimbledon and French Open finalist Paolini on Thursday. On Wednesday there is still the opening game between Tatjana Maria from Bad Saulgau and the Hamburg talent Ella Seidel.
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