The year 2025 has been almost perfect for the German tennis hope Joelle Steur. Of 23 games on the tour, the 20-year-old won 19th. Among other things, Steur celebrated her first tournament victory at an ITF tournament during this time when she won the W15 event in Antalya in February. The next coup could now follow in the same place.
On Saturday, Joelle Steur stealed the top seeded French woman Alice Ramé (number 397 of the world rankings) in the semi-finals of the weekly W15 tournament in Antalya. At the narrow 3: 6-7: 6-7: 5 success, the DTB talent demonstrated large nerve strength.
In the second set, Steur even had to ward off two match balls at 5: 4 from Ramé’s point of view, then ultimately the break and finally the set win in the tie -break, which she won 7-1. The decider then became a real break festival, Steur could not get her service three times, Ramé four times. With the fourth break, Steur closed the sack after around 3:30 hours.
In the final, the German, who already switched off a favorite with the Serbian Anja Stankovic (number 427 of the world rankings) in the quarter -finals, which was already offset by a favorite, the unsettled Italian Jessica Bertoldo (number 872 of the world rankings).
German tennis talent makes sentence in the world rankings
Reaching the final will ensure that Steur will make a sentence in the WTA ranking. In the new week it will be led to position 537. The top 500, Steurs so far the best placement, are back in within reach.
Meanwhile, Nino Ehrenschneider (number 775 of the world rankings) missed the finale in Ma’anshan in Chinese. Ehrenschneider failed in the preliminary round on the Russian Egor Agafonov (number 476 of the world rankings).
Antonia Schmidt (number 487 of the world rankings) also missed the final. Schmidt lost her semi -finals in Gurgaon (W35) against Russian Ekaterina Markarova (number 233 of the world rankings).