Angelique Kerber will play in her home tournament in Bad Homburg on Wednesday for the quarter-finals. An attractive German tennis duel in preparation for Wimbledon is no longer possible.
Out with a smile: Andrea Petkovic left in Bad Homburg.
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Andrea Petkovic waved goodbye to the Bad Homburg Center Court in a long-sleeved T-shirt. The young American tennis player Amanda Anisimova went to the winner’s interview. She was too strong for the Hessin in the second round of the new grass tournament. After a hopeless first set, Petkovic fought his way back late on Tuesday evening, but lost 1: 6, 5: 7.
After only 64 minutes and before the impending darkness due to the previous breaks in the rain, a possible German quarter-final duel with her tennis friend Angelique Kerber burst with her elimination. The German number one will fight against the Russian Anna Blinkova on Wednesday (not before 4.30 p.m.) to make it into the top eight like Laura Siegemund.
Petkovic’s first sentence to forget
Petkovic from Darmstadt quickly fell behind in her second round match against Anisimova. Only when the score was 0: 5 did the world rankings 130. her first game win when she dared serve-and-volley and immediately stormed to the net after serving. 19-year-old Anisimova, who made it to the semi-finals of the French Open in 2019, played too fast and placed.
Farewell with applause
Petkovic was also behind in the second set before catching up and even taking the lead. At 5: 5, however, the 33-year-old was annoyed by a referee’s decision and had bad luck with a net scooter of her opponent. A little later, the end was sealed and encouraging applause from the audience, who had persevered despite the long interruptions in the rain, accompanied them from the field.
Siegemund solid and further
Siegemund could not be stopped by a long wait before. After a much later start than expected as a result of the rain breaks, the Swabian won against outsider Tamara Korpatsch from Hamburg clearly 6: 2, 6: 2. “I played really solidly. I could move well and I felt a lot better physically,” she said, looking at her hard-fought first-round game.
I had to take a break. That’s why it’s important for me to get a few matches. It’s worth more to me than being at Wimbledon a day earlier.
In the round of the top eight, the 33-year-old now faces the Czech Katerina Siniakova, who held up against the three seeded Jessica Pegula from the USA 6: 3, 5: 7, 6: 4.
Like all participants, number eight on the seeding list is preparing for the first ever grass tournament at Wimbledon, which starts on Monday. “I had to take a break. That’s why it’s important for me to get a few matches. It’s worth more to me than being at Wimbledon a day earlier,” said Siegemund.
