Tamara Korpatsch was the first German tennis player to be eliminated from the first round of the individual competition at the lawn tournament in Berlin.
Tamara Korpatsch was the first German tennis player to be eliminated from the first round of the individual competition at the lawn tournament in Berlin.
The 27-year-old from Kaltenkirchen lost against the Chinese qualifier Wang Xinyu 6:3, 3:6, 4:6 and missed out on the round of 16. The world number 105. Korpatsch had also fought his way through qualifying into the main draw. In the round of 16, Wang meets the French Open finalist Coco Gauff or her American countrywoman Ann Li.
This means that only Andrea Petkovic and Jule Niemeier are still in the tournament. In the doubles competition, both lost in the round of 16 against Asia Muhammad from the USA and Ena Shibahara from Japan with 3:6, 6:3, 8:10. In singles, both face difficult tasks in their first round matches: Petkovic (34) meets the former Wimbledon champion Garbiñe Muguruza from Spain, Niemeier (22) has to deal with the Swiss Olympic champion Belinda Bencic. The three-time Grand Slam tournament winner Angelique Kerber did not start in Berlin in preparation for the grass classic in Wimbledon.
As the first seeded players, Karolina Pliskova from the Czech Republic and Darja Kassatkina from Russia solved their opening tasks after initial difficulties. Pliskova prevailed against the Estonian Kaia Kanepi 6: 7 (5: 7), 6: 0, 6: 0, Kassatkina defeated Anhelina Kalinina from Ukraine 5: 7, 6: 3, 6: 1.