Last year’s finalist Andrea Petkovic is in the quarterfinals of the WTA tournament at Rothenbaum in Hamburg.
The 34-year-old defeated Misaki Doi from Japan 6-4, 6-3 in the round of 16 on Tuesday. For Jule Niemeier and Sabine Lisicki, on the other hand, the end came in the first round.
Wimbledon quarter-finalist Niemeier lost to the Swiss world number 165. Joanne Zuger 4: 6, 6: 0, 4: 6. The hardships of the previous weeks were noticeable to the German hopeful. Lisicki, once a Wimbledon finalist, lost to Serbian Aleksandra Krunic at 34 degrees in the shade 4: 6, 2: 6. “I’ll keep fighting,” Lisicki said afterwards.
Niemeier had already said before her match that with her strong run in Wimbledon and the subsequent participation in the quarter-finals in Lausanne she “left her mind” and therefore did not have the greatest expectations of herself in the Hanseatic city.
Her team had advised her to skip the tournament in Hamburg. She now has a week’s vacation at home before preparing for the US Open begins. As number 102 in the world, she hopes to be right in the main draw in New York.