WTA Tennis
Favorite Gauff in the quarterfinals at Berlin tennis tournament
The American Coco Gauff won 7:6 (8:6), 6:2 against the Russian Ekaterina Alexandrova. Photo
© Wolfgang Kumm/dpa
In the absence of Angelique Kerber, Coco Gauff and Jelena Rybakina continue to play towards the title at the Berlin tennis tournament. One of the tournament favorites is injured and gives up.
Gauff is seeded first in the Wimbledon preparation tournament with prize money of 922,573 US dollars. German players are no longer taking part following the opening defeats of Angelique Kerber and Jule Niemeier.
Former Wimbledon champion Jelena Rybakina also made it into the round of the best eight. The Kazakh beat Russian Veronika Kudermetova 6:4, 7:5 and will now face former world number one Viktoria Azarenka (Belarus) at the WTA 500 event.
For Wimbledon champion Marketa Vondrousova, however, the tournament is already over. The Czech had to give up her round of 16 match against Russian Anna Kalinskaya at 5:5 after injuring her hip. It was initially unclear whether her start at the third Grand Slam tournament of the year was in danger. The grass court classic in Wimbledon begins on July 1st.