Jule Niemeier cannot be satisfied with her tennis year so far. Now she’s back where she celebrated her biggest success to date. That should inspire her.
“It’s a good feeling to be back here and to know that last year you were in the quarter-finals the first time you played here,” said Niemeier (23) in London. “I try to take this positive feeling with me.”
Karolina Muchova – heavy opening opponent
However, the Dortmund woman caught a difficult opening opponent. Niemeier meets the French Open finalist Karolina Muchova from the Czech Republic today. But Niemeier is not afraid of the number 16 in the tennis world. “She played finals in Paris, is an intelligent player. But it’s also her first game on grass”, said Niemeier, who recently had to give up at the tournament in Berlin due to a hand injury in the round of 16.
Before that she had celebrated a respectable success against the Tunisian Ons Jabeur. And her hand no longer causes her any problems.
Collect points this time
Accordingly, Niemeier starts the lawn classic at the Church Road. The fact that she didn’t get any world ranking points for her place in the quarter-finals last year was both a blessing and a curse. “Of course the year would have been very different if there had been points. My ranking would have been completely different, I would have been in the slams probably been set”, said Niemeier.
“But of course it’s also nice in my current situation that I don’t have any points to defend here.” The goal this year is clear: “The quarter-finals were very nice and I want to do that again – but this time with points.”