Shock at the Berlin Tennis Open: Favorite Pegula and Paolini out!
Shock at the Berlin Tennis Open: Favorite Pegula and Paolini out!
At the Berlin Tennis Open, an important WTA 500 tournament in the Grunewald, there were some surprising twists today. Two favorites have to leave the place early on: Jessica Pegula from the USA and the Italian Jasmine Paolini. Pegula, the defending champion, lost 7: 6 (10: 8), 5: 7, 6: 7 (5: 7) after 3:21 hours against Ljudmila Samsonowa from Russia after 3:21 hours. A bitter setback for the American who won the tournament in the previous year. As reported RBB24, this was not the only early on, since Naomi Osaka also left Tuesak against Samsonowa was.
Jasmine Paolini, who was in the Wimbledon final last year and currently took fifth place in the world rankings, had to give up in her opening match against the Tunisian player on Jabeur with 1: 6, 3: 6. Jabeur, who won the tournament in Berlin in 2021, is once again convincing with strong performances. In the next round she will meet the winner of the game between Marketa Vondrousova and Diana Schnaider.
A look at the next games
With the departure of Eva Lys, no more German players are represented in the tournament, which designs the matter for fans. Aryna Sabalenka from Belarus will have her first assignment at Berlin Tennis Open on Wednesday evening. The tournament serves many top players as preparation for the Wimbledon, which will start shortly, which starts on June 30th.
Interestingly, the four best players of this event received a walk -through into the second round. This regulation, which is also used in other WTA tournaments, as is the case in the context of the Grand Slam events, should allow the stars to better prepare for the competition. According to wikipedia, the WTA 500 tournaments are an important component of the annual calendar, which also includes significant competitions such as that in Berlin.The situation in the women's table
The women's table becomes more turbulent due to the failures of several great favorites. This promises exciting round of rounds. Other players such as Magdalena Rybarikova and Coco Vandeweghe are also in focus. Rybarikova, which was thrown back by injuries, impressed with a victory over Karolina Pliskova, while Vandeweghe is considered a secret favorite in the duel against Caroline Wozniacki.
With every round the tension will rise and the fans are excited to see which players will prevail. The Berlin Tennis Open not only attract the best players of the WTA Tour, but are also an important part of the preparation for the prestigious Grand Slam tournaments, such as SRF emphasized.
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