WTA Luxembourg: Julia Görges after setback in the semifinals
Julia Görges continues to fight for the new tournament victory in Luxembourg. The second-placed defending champion won on Friday their quarter-final against Rio Olympic champion Monica Puig from Puerto Rico with 1: 6, 6: 2, 6: 3 and is in the round of the last four.
by Lukas Zahrer
last edit: Oct 18, 2019, 09:27 pm
There she meets the third placed Kasachin Jelena Rybakina.
Laura Siegemund and Antonia Lottner are eliminated in the quarterfinals. The 32-year-old Siegemund lost in the round of the last eight of the seeded Kazakh Jelena Rybakina 0: 6, 4: 6 and missed her second semi-final appearance this year. Lottner (23) was beaten by former French Open winner Jelena Ostapenko (Latvia) in a 1-0, 1-6 draw.
Tatjana Maria was as well as Andrea Petkovic, who had to give up in a duel with Lottner, eliminated in the second round. The former world number one Angelique Kerber had canceled their participation due to injury and then ended their season prematurely.
Anna Blinkova completes the semi-finals of Luxembourg. She benefited from a task from Margarita Gasparyan in the second set after winning the first round.