German Tennis Hopefuls Shine and Stumble: Thursday Recap of WTA Tour

The German tennis hopefuls were able to record some successes on Thursday, but the most promising talents on the WTA tour suffered setbacks.

At the Challenger tournament in Antalya, Noma Noha Akugue (number 185 in the world rankings) was unfortunately unable to follow up her surprising opening success against number three seeded Austrian Julia Grabher (number 111 in the world rankings) with another victory.

Against the Russian Polina Kudermetova (number 193 in the world rankings), the 20-year-old from Hamburg had to retire injured in the round of 16 with the score at 3:6 and 0:3.

The journey of Ella Seidel (number 152 in the world rankings) also ended in the round of 16 in Antalya, who had to admit defeat to local hero Zeynep Sönmez (number 172 in the world rankings) 6:4, 1:6 and 2:6 after a good start. The main reason for the collapse of the 19-year-old DTB hope were problems with the service that crept in during the match and threw Seidel out of step.

However, things went better for a German women’s trio who are striving for success in the small W15 tournament that is taking place at the same time in Antalya.

German tennis trio in the quarterfinals

The 18-year-old Helena Buchwald (number 1213 in the world rankings), who is only in the main field due to the lucky loser rule, defeated Laura Böhner (number 1182 in the world rankings) 6:3 and 6:1 in the German duel. The fourth-seeded 21-year-old Chantal Sauvant (number 611 in the world rankings) defeated Doga Turkmen (number 1141 in the world rankings) from Turkey 6:1 and 6:3, and the only 17-year-old Carolin Raschdorf (number 1124 in the world rankings) reached the next round with a 6:3, 1:6 and 6:3 against the Russian Anastasia Grechkina (number 941 in the world rankings).

In the quarterfinals, Buchwald will now face the Russian Daria Egorova (currently not in the world rankings), Sauvant will face Beatrice Ricci from Italy (number 782 in the world rankings) and Kamilla Bartone from Latvia (number 744 in the world rankings) is waiting for Raschdorf.

However, Luisa Meyer auf der Heide (number 780 in the world rankings) was eliminated against the Russian Ksenia Laskutova (number 540 in the world rankings).

Silva causes a bang

Meanwhile, Johanna Silva caused a bit of a bang at the W15 event in Monastir (Tunisia). The 26-year-old German, who recently won a few matches and climbed to number 899 in the world rankings, defeated the top seeded Bulgarian Isabella Shinikova (number 262 in the world rankings). Shinikova has already won 24 singles titles on the ITF tour in her career.

At the men’s M25 tournament in Trnava (Slovakia), 20-year-old Max Hans Rehberg (number 471 in the world rankings) beat the Austrian Neil Oberleitner (number 595) with a score of 6:4 and 6:3 and Henri Squire (number 240). in the world rankings) against the Swiss Jakub Paul (number 509 in the world rankings) in the round of the last eight. Squire won 6:3 and 6:2.

In Tarragona (Spain/M25), Marko Topo (number 376 in the world rankings) beat Norwegian Viktor Durasevic (number 412 in the world rankings) 6:2 and 6:4. The Czech Martin Krumich (number 385 in the world rankings) is now waiting for the 20-year-old in the quarter-finals.

2024-03-28 14:12:00
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