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Ostapenko steps up after losing to Maria: “She was just lucky in some moments that she could come back,” says Jelena Ostapenko after her defeat in the Wimbledon round of 16 against Tatjana Maria. She herself “played much better” than Maria, which in retrospect sounds surprising when you’ve lost. Nevertheless, Maria “only collected my mistakes, so she won”.
Tennis News: Short, clear, compact
Luck of the opponent instead of own inability: The fact that she made 57 “unforced errors” over three sets was not decisive for her. Instead, she “just left a little bit here, a little bit there.” Maria “had a frame ball here, then scratched the line there. Things like that add up and then you lose a match like that.”
German duel in the quarterfinals: Maria doesn’t care about the verdict of her opponent – she is up against Jule Niemeier from Dortmund in the quarter-finals on Tuesday. A German tennis player is guaranteed to reach the semi-finals of the Wimbledon tournament – with luck or without.
