The women’s tennis tournament in Stuttgart Starts with a German duel between the former winner Laura Siegemund and Jule Niemeier. As a Losfee, the Metzing native of Siegemund even ensured the first round encounter with her teammate from Billie Jean King Cup.
«The nice thing is, a German will progress. Jule and I haven’t played against each other often. From this it will be an interesting game, »said Siegemund, who won the tournament in her Swabian homeland in 2017. An official WTA match between the two has not yet existed.
All German tennis women are outsiders in the high-class sandplane tournament. The main field of the Porsche Grand Prix starts on Monday. It was initially not clear when the games with German participation were scheduled.
Germans with wildcards in the tournament
Siegemund and Niemeier (Dortmund), like Eva Lys (Hamburg) and Tatjana Maria (Bad Saulgau), slipped into the tournament thanks to wildcards. Lys meets French Open and Wimbledon finalist Jasmine Paolini from Italy. Maria was originally supposed to do with Danielle Collins. But the American withdrew at short notice, the German talent Ella Seidel is now playing against Maria. The Hamburg native had previously left the qualification, but moved up as a Lucky Loserin because of the cancellation.
The world ranking of Aryna Sabalenka from Belarus and the Polish world ranking second IGA Swiatek compete as the title favorite. The Kazakh last year’s winner Jelena Rybakina is not at the start.
Victory and infections: “It caught me too”
In the Nations competition Billie Jean King Cup, the German tennis women had to accept disappointments at the end of last week. With two clear defeats against the Netherlands and Great Britain, they missed the qualification for the finals and play against relegation in November. According to the German Tennis Federation, the German number one Lys was cold and was not used in either two games in the Hague.
The team was a little plagued by infections, said Siegemund. «It was a bit caught me last week. I wasn’t fit last week, “said the 37-year-old:” I feel much better now. It is subsided. The nose is still a bit closed. ”
Lys for a forced break: “A little horror”
Lys also feels fit again for the challenge in Stuttgart, she is very healthy again. “Of course that was a little horror for me at the beginning of the week,” said the 23-year-old in retrospect. “I just lay in bed for a few days and cure myself”.
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