The tennis world applauds Julia Görges goodbye
Julia Görges turns to new tasks. This announcement caused some surprise in the tennis world. How popular Jule was and is on the WTA tour is shown by the reactions of the tournaments and the colleagues.
by tennisnet.com
last edit: Oct 22, 2020, 08:51 am
At the end of the summer, Julia Görges was asked in an interview with whom from the group of colleagues she had contact during the Corona period. The list was astonishingly long: she would have often communicated with Ashleigh Barty by telephone, met Kiki Bertens in person in the Netherlands, she would also have been in contact with Angelique Kerber, Karolina Pliskova or Tatjana Maria, according to Görges. Which underlines that the German, who announced her retirement from active tennis on Wednesday, was in good hands in the scene. No wonder that the reactions to the end of the career of the seven-time tournament winner have been extremely friendly.
First of all from the players' union WTA, which has put together a potpourri of the most beautiful pictures of Jule.
The tournament in Wimbledon, in which Julia Görges advanced to the semi-finals in 2018, was no slouch either.
We also received friendly greetings from Down Under. With a fantastic rally from Jules last match against Alison Riske in early 2020.
In Cincinnati, too, people clearly enjoyed Julia Görges' performances.
And speaking of Karolina Pliskova: Jule even made it into the WTA final with the Czech - before both of them really started again in the individual.
The world number one also said hello: Julia Görges had just started a potentially fruitful double partnership with Ashleigh Barty.
Finally, Angelique Kerber also fondly remembers shared moments in the Fed Cup. Among other.