Tennis player Caroline Werner was the last remaining German starter at the WTA-2550 tournament in Hamburg in the round of 16. The 29 -year -old Karlsruherin lost her match against the top seeded Jekaterina Alexandrowa 2: 6, 2: 6. The day before, local hero Tamara Korpatsch (Hamburg) and Nastasja Schunk (Mainz) missed moving into the round of the best eight at the sandplace event.
Werner, who had previously defeated Valentina Steiner (Stuttgart), had no chance against Alexandrowa. After 1:06 hours, the Russian, who now meets the Hungarian Anna Bondar, converted her third match ball.
A total of seven German tennis players started in the main field at the sandplace tournament at the Rothenbaum at around 235,000 euros. Tatjana Maria (Bad Saulgau), Noma Noha Akugue (Reinbek) and Jule Niemeier (Dortmund), which were placed on number three, failed at their opening hurdle.