Invitation series of the DTB: Laura Siegemund with Carina Witthöft in a group
On Monday evening, Barbara Rittner announced the group draws for the DTB's invitation series at the Instagram show "Kasi Live" ( tennisnetnews ).
by Florian Goosmann / press release
last edit: May 11, 2020, 06:42 pm
Group 1 in Darmstadt: Tamara Korpatsch, Caroline Werner, Nastasja Schunk and Tea Lukic. In group 2: Mona Barthel, Jule Niemeier, Mara Guth and Nicole Rifkin.
In Versmold Anna-Lena Friedsam, Vivian Heisen, Julia Middendorf and Joelle Stoer meet in group 1, in group 2 Katharina Gerlach, Juliette Stoer, Angelina Wirges, Mina Hodzic.
Then in Stuttgart the hammer group 1 with the top seeded Laura Siegemund, Laura Schaeder, Alexandra Vecic and comebacker Carina Witthöft, in group 2 Stephanie Wagner, Anna Zaja, Eva Lys and Sarah Müller get together.
Witthöft via wildcard before comeback
The players come into the field partly through their WTA ranking, partly through the youth rankings - and thanks to six wild cards that Barbara Rittner was allowed to distribute. One of them went to Carina Witthöft , who had recently taken a tennis break. "Personally, I'm very happy about that," said Rittner at "Kasi Live". Witthöft told her that she wanted to attack again. "Maybe she'll find fun again, I would wish her very much. In theory, she can still play for ten years."
And this is how the DTB tournament series works
The professionals will first duel in a preliminary round on June 16 to qualify for the intermediate round. There the participants of the semi-final round will be determined before the finalists play for the title. The game is played in groups of four according to the round robin principle, two groups in parallel at one location. All participants play against each other once in a group over three tournament days. On the fourth tournament day of the preliminary rounds, the placement games take place across groups.
The top four of each venue qualify for the intermediate round, places five to eight continue to play in a bonus round. The winners of the bonus rounds can come to the semi-finals as lucky losers in the event of short-term cancellations. When awarding the Lucky Loser slots, the lot decides between players of the bonus groups who are placed equally.
All games are played under corona-compliant conditions. Means: without lines judges and ball children - and only with a chair umpire on the court.