The Tunisian Ons Jabeur won the lawn tournament in Berlin and is still in good form shortly before Wimbledon.
With more than 30 degrees in the Steffi Graf Stadium, the 27-year-old benefited from the injury-related retirement of the Swiss Olympic tennis champion Belinda Bencic in the final on Sunday with a score of 6: 3, 2: 1.
With her second tournament success in the fourth final of this year, the top seeded Jabeur will move up to third place in the world rankings. “We certainly didn’t want to end this game like that. You’re such a fighter, I’m sure you’ll be ready for Wimbledon again,” said Jabeur, who also determined the game before her opponent’s injury.
Bencic experienced the moment of shock when she slipped away at the score of 3: 5 and was treated on her left ankle for a long time. The 25-year-old tried to continue playing heavily bandaged, made three double mistakes in her second service game of the second set and gave up disappointed. She will now be examined further, take a break and then travel to Wimbledon, said Bencic. She actually wanted to compete in Bad Homburg and was supposed to meet Sabine Lisicki there in the first round.
As the best German, Andrea Petkovic was eliminated in the round of 16. Angelique Kerber decided not to take part in preparation for the grass classic in Wimbledon (June 27 to July 10) and will start next week at the tournament in Bad Homburg.