Jule Niemeier is unstoppable on her Wimbledon debut. In a nerve thriller, the German tennis hope reaches the round of 16. With brains, the Dortmund resident secures success.
Jule Niemeier threw away her racket, buried her face in her hands and kept touching her heart. In a nerve-racking thriller, the 22-year-old from Dortmund continued her winning streak at the grass classic in Wimbledon and reached the round of 16 for the first time.
The German tennis hope defeated the Ukrainian Lessia Zurenko 6: 4, 3: 6, 6: 3 and confirmed her previous success against the third in the world rankings Anett Kontaveit from Estonia.
Biggest career success to date
In a break festival, both players stole the serve a total of 21 times. After 2:04 hours, Niemeier converted the first match point through a backhand mistake by her opponent. For the biggest success of her career, she collects the equivalent of 219,000 euros. In her Wimbledon debut, Niemeier now meets Kaja Juvan from Slovenia or Brit Heather Watson, who defeated Tamara Korpatsch in the first round.
“I love playing on grass. That suits my game, »said Niemeier before the game. «I love to play slice, stops, go to the net. If I serve well, it’s hard to break me.” In her two sovereign two-set victories in the tournament, Niemeier had not yet received a break – and gave up her serve against Zurenko right at the beginning of a total of ten times, and that to zero.
“The match after such a match is not easy,” said her coach Christopher Kas in view of the much-noticed success of Kontaveit, who was number two. The beginning was nervous, in the first three games alone Niemeier made ten unforced errors, and it quickly became 0:3.
Victory on the 18th place outside
Instead of playing on court 1 in the second largest stadium, Niemeier played on outdoor court 18, and in windy conditions the world rankings came 97th. getting better and better, equalized to 3:3. With her forehand and stop balls, Niemeier initially dominated the game. A mistake by Zurenko sealed the win of the first set after 49 minutes.
The sense of achievement did not ensure consistency, however. Again Niemeier had to accept two service losses in a row, again it was 0:3. Although she was able to equalize again as in the first set, the security did not return. Zurenko mainly attacked the second serve and got the through after a failed shot by Niemeier at the net.
At the start of the third set there were five breaks in a row, and Niemeier went to the bench with a disbelieving smile at 3:2. With a volley, the Dortmund woman got the first serve of the round and held her index finger to her temple. With brains, Niemeier brought the match home.
Source: Stern
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