The German tennis players Julie Niemeier and Tatjana Maria have surprisingly joined the last eight at Wimbledon. Both players are unseeded.
Niemeier ended the tournament of British Heather Watson (6-2 6-4) on Center Court, while Maria had beaten 12th-seeded Jelena Ostapenko from Latvia (5-7 7-5 7) on Court 1 a little earlier. -5). The 34-year-old Maria, the number 103 in the world, survived two match points in the second set.
Niemeier and Maria will play against each other in the quarterfinals on Tuesday. The 22-year-old Niemeier, who is six places higher than her compatriot, is only participating in a grand slam tournament for the second time. At Roland Garros she lost in the first round and at the beginning of this year at the Australian Open she had to acknowledge her superiority in the Dutch Arianne Hartono in the last qualifying round.