Actually, she felt “good and fresh,” she said. But she constantly focused on her elbow to avoid further deterioration. “Maybe that’s why I loaded the leg differently,” she speculated. “But that’s just a Petkovic diagnosis.” In two weeks she wants to start at the WTA tournament in Washington to warm up for the US Open.
Kontaveit now favored
The tournament ambassador now sees Kontaveit as the top favorite in Hamburg. The Estonian was invited to the tournament with a wild card just before the start of the event, after days of training on the faster hard court surface. At the Hamburg clay court tournament, she quickly had to switch to the slower surface and demonstrated this impressively.
Kontaveit meets the Russian Anastasia Potapova in the semifinals. The world number 63 living in Dubai. had defeated the Czech Barbora Krejcikova, last year’s French Open winner, 6:1, 6:3.
There was a surprise for the men. The number two seeded Russian Andrei Rublev lost in the round of 16 against the Argentinian Francisco Cerundolo 4:6, 2:6 and was eliminated. Thus, the desired final Rublev against the Spanish young star Carlos Alcaraz burst. The 19-year-old Iberian defeated the Serb Filip Krajinovic 7: 6 (7: 4), 6: 3 in his round of 16. His quarter-final opponent: 26-year-old Russian Karen Khachanov.