After a hard-fought first set, Petkovic made an early break in the second round and remained confident with his own offer. I’m truly delighted, I played a great second collection, said the German after the success of the challenger on number five. In the round of the top 16, she meets Aliaksandra Sasnovich from Belarus at the occasion endowed with 709,000 euros.

Previously, Jule Niemeier like Tamara Korpatsch had actually left the preliminary the day previously. Niemeier shed 4: 6, 7: 5, 3: 6 against Olympic champion Belinda Bencic. In the third round, the 22-year-old from Dortmund provided her serve twice. This missed out on the globe positions 96. The revenge for the three-set loss versus the Swiss in Berlin a year ago. The three-time Grand Bang event victor Angelique Kerber does not take part in Berlin to prepare for Wimbledon.

Lisicki in increases

After the fallen short certification for the primary field in songs, Sabine Lisicki achieved the quarter-finals in the dual competitors. The previous Wimbledonfinalist from Berlin dominated on the side of Bianca Andreescu from Canada with 7: 5, 6: 4 against the Chinese duo Xu Yifan/Yang Zhaoxuan. Lisicki had last commemorated her resurgence after a year and a fifty percent of the injury break.