Billie Jean King Cup: German tennis staff round Niemeier earlier than | EUROtoday

The German tennis gamers are within the qualification of the Billie Jean King Cup by a opening defeat in opposition to the Netherlands. The captain’s staff Rainer Schüttler Supported within the duel with the host with 0: 3 and now wants just a little miracle to get on to the ultimate spherical.

At first Jule Niemeier misplaced her single after a really weak efficiency in opposition to the world ranking-265. Eva Vedder within the Hague 3: 6, 1: 6. Afterwards, Tatjana Maria had to surrender in a significantly better and aggressive match Suzan Lamens 6: 3, 3: 6, 5: 7. And even in doubles, Laura Siegemund and Anna-Lena didn’t create a match win at 6: 7 (5: 7), 5: 7 in opposition to Lamens and Demi Schuurs.

Schüttler had a nomination of Eva Lys for the sport in opposition to the Netherlands averted, the German primary fired with a thick scarf round his neck from the stands.

Clear victory in opposition to Great Britain necessary for the final likelihood

In order to have the possibility to qualify for the ultimate spherical in mid -September within the Chinese in Shenzhen, the German staff should now win 3-0 in opposition to the favourite Great Britain on Friday. This additionally requires an acceptable victory of the British within the duel with the Netherlands on Saturday.

If the number of the German tennis federal authorities misses the qualification for the finals, the playoffs might be in opposition to relegation in November.

Too many errors from Niemeier

At the beginning, Niemeier began nervously, misplaced her first service sport and conceded a complete of 4 breaks within the opening set. The former Wimbledon quarter-finalist dictated the tempo of the rallies, however made too many slight errors. In the following spherical nothing went collectively. “She just played better in the second,” mentioned Niemeier. The 25 -year -old Dortmundin at instances mentioned with the referee and had to surrender after 83 minutes.

The 37 -year -old Maria was on the pitch considerably longer. In the decisive sentence of the balanced match, she was already 4: 5 behind with a break, however fought again once more. Afterwards, nevertheless, Maria instantly launched her serve, and one final rearing was in useless. “It was definitely Tough for the team that we didn’t get the point,” she mentioned.

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