Bad Homburg: Siegemund fights in round 2
Laura Siegemund averted a first round bankruptcy at the Wimbledon dress rehearsal in Bad Homburg with a lot of effort.
by SID / tennisnet
last edit: Jun 21, 2021, 02:49 pm
The 33-year-old from Metzingen beat the world rankings 362 at the WTA tournament in the Hessian health resort. Riya Bhatia from India, who had replaced the former US Open winner Sloane Stephens (USA / foot injury) at short notice, after a weak start with 2: 6, 7: 6 (7: 2), 6: 1 and reached the round of 16. There it comes to a German duel with Tamara Korpatsch (Hamburg).
"It's always difficult when you suddenly have an opponent you weren't prepared for," said Siegemund: "You have to be able to deal with that. My preparation was mixed, so I was glad that I had a little time to get in It wasn't my best tennis, but sometimes just getting through is enough. "
Kerber plays in the evening
On Monday, the three-time Grand Slam winner Angelique Kerber (Kiel), who also acts as a tournament ambassador at the premiere of the lawn tournament in the Hessian spa town, and qualifier Anna Zaja (Stuttgart) can follow into the second round. Andrea Petkovic (Darmstadt) had already won her first round match on Sunday.
The tournament in Bad Homburg's Kurpark is the last endurance test for the players before the grass highlight in Wimbledon (from June 28th). The event was supposed to premiere at a historic site last year, but had to be canceled due to the corona pandemic. The first tennis club on the European mainland was founded in Bad Homburg in 1876.