Tough start to the tennis year for Jule Niemeier and Tatjana Maria. The two Germans also failed early on in the WTA tournament in Mexico.
In the heat of Merida: Jule Niemeier.
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Dortmund’s Niemeier, who lost to Maria in the quarter-finals of Wimbledon’s grass classic last summer, lost her first-round match at the WTA tournament in Merida, Mexico, against Hungarian Panna Udvardy 6-7 (1-7), 6-7 (5-7). .
For Wimbledon semi-finalist Maria (Bad Saulgau) against Varvara Gracheva from Russia with 6: 3, 4: 6, 2: 6 was also the end of the first round. This means that all Germans in Merida are eliminated.
The 23-year-old Niemeier, as a world number 69. currently the German number one ahead of Maria (72nd), won only two matches this year on the tour.
