US Open: Cool Jule Niemeier moves in in round three
Jule Niemeier continues to surprise on the big stage. The Dortmund native is in the third round of the US Open.
by SID
last edit: Sep 01, 2022, 08:42 pm
Jule Niemeier spread his arms jubilantly and then took a tired, but overjoyed breath: The 23-year-old from Dortmund made it straight into the third round on her US Open debut. Niemeier prevailed on Thursday with a highly concentrated performance 6: 4, 6: 3 against the hot-headed Kazakh Yulia Putintseva and continues to hold up the German flag in New York.
"It was a close match. She started extremely well," said Niemeier after the game at Eurosport: "I'm just trying to concentrate on the essential things, I didn't get nervous. I assumed that I would play qualifiers here must, now I'm in the third round."
Rittner - "Jule deserved victory"
National coach Barbara Rittner spoke at Eurosport of an "absolutely deserved" victory: "It's always a mental match against Putintseva. Jule plays against an established top 40 player and did it very well."
The world number 108, who now meets Anastassija Potapova (Russia) or Zheng Qinwen (China) on Saturday, prevented a German player from surviving the second round of the last Grand Slam tournament of the year for the first time since 2009. Previously, for the first time since 1984, all German starters were eliminated in the men's singles. Olympic champion Alexander Zverev (after injury) and three-time Grand Slam winner Angelique Kerber (baby break) had canceled their participation.
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