Jule Niemeier has once again demonstrated how much she likes the tennis tournament in Wimbledon. In the first round she defeated Karolina Muchova, who was a finalist at the last Grand Slam.
The 23-year-old from Dortmund, who had advanced to the quarterfinals at her premiere in Wimbledon a year earlier, surprisingly defeated the number 16 seeded French Open finalist from the Czech Republic 6: 4, 5: 7, 6: 1. After 2:52 hours, Niemeier used her first match point in a very balanced match. Muchova, however, had to be treated several times on her right thigh shortly after the beginning of the third set after a fall and was obviously handicapped.
Materer still strong – and now against Bublik
The Nuremberg tennis pro Maximilian Marterer had already reached the third round. The 28-year-old, who had already fought his way through qualifying in London as 170th in the world rankings, defeated the American Michael Mmoh on Thursday with another convincing performance 7: 5, 7: 6 (7: 5), 6: 4.
Maximilian Marterer defeated the Croatian Borna Gojo in four sets.
In the third round, Marterer will have to deal with Alexander Bublik from Kazakhstan, who is in 23rd place and who recently triumphed at the lawn tournament in Halle/Westphalia and defeated Olympic champion Alexander Zverev (Hamburg) in the semifinals. Last year, Marterer was eliminated in the second round at Wimbledon.
Against Mmoh, who was born in Riyadh/Saudi Arabia and is 51 places higher in the world rankings, Marterer was the more active player and often scored at the net. In addition, he was able to rely on his strong serve again, he only allowed four breakballs against him and defended them all. With a win against Bublik, Marterer would equalize his best Grand Slam result, in 2018 he had reached the round of 16 at the French Open.