Drama in Malaga: German tennis women fight for quarter-finals!

Drama in Malaga: German tennis women fight for quarter-finals!

Drama Pure at the Billie Jean King Cup in Malaga! The German tennis women stand on the abyss after they are 0: 1 in the round of 16 against Great Britain. Captain Rainer Schüttler and his team now have to give everything to secure the move into the quarter -finals. The Dortmund Jule Niemeier had to deal with the former US Open winner Emma Raducanu on Friday evening and had to give up 4: 6, 4: 6 in a gripping duel.

In the first sentence it was a decisive break at the 3: 4 stand that did not cost the sentence. Despite all the efforts, she could no longer catch up with the gap. Even in the second set, luck was not on her side: she lost four serve games, while she was only able to break through Raducanus. After 1 hour and 55 minutes the match was over - the sixth match ball sealed her fate. Now the pressure is on Laura Siegemund, who has to compete against Katie Boulter in the next individual.

a historical moment for Germany

The German team has the chance to move back into the quarter -finals since 2019, and a victory over the British would even mean the 100th overall victory for Germany in Billie Jean King Cup! The German Tennis Bund (DTB) only won the trophy twice in its history - in 1987 and 1992 with the tennis legend Steffi Graf. Schüttler's team, consisting of Niemeier, Siegemund, Tatjana Maria, Anna-Lena Friedam and the promising Eva Lys, had started the game as an outsider. The tension increases and the hope of a comeback lives on!