While the German women’s tennis elite didn’t see any land at the domestic grass tournament in Bad Homburg, just like the men did in Mallorca or Eastbourne, the second and third guard of the DTB are celebrating an almost outstanding week. At smaller tournaments, there have only been a few semi-final appearances so far.
Ten German tennis players have already reached the semi-finals in the singles competitions this week, in what are admittedly rather small tournaments. It is also already clear that three German talents will definitely reach the final.
What is particularly pleasing is that some fairly new names are also shaking up the scene.
Particularly noteworthy is Eva Bennemann, who is just 16 years old and has been causing one surprise after another at the W15 event in Kamen.
Bennemann, who has not yet scored any points in the WTA world rankings, won against German competitors Franziska Sziedat (number 880 in the world rankings), Joelle Steur (number 676 in the world rankings) and Paula Rumpf (no world ranking points) and defeated another DTB player in the semifinals on Saturday, Luisa Meyer auf der Heide (number 799 in the world rankings). After winning 6:2 and 6:3, Bennemann is in the final in Kamen.
German final in Kamen canceled
Unfortunately, there will be no German fight for the title: Top seed Julia Middendorf (number 403 in the world rankings) lost to the Dutchwoman Stephanie Visscher (number 661 in the world rankings), who will now face Bennemann on Sunday.
The situation is very similar for the men, who are competing in Kamen at the same time: Here, on Saturday, 20-year-old Liam Gavrielides (number 613 in the world rankings) and 18-year-old Mariano Dedura-Palomero (number 1588 in the world rankings) duelled in an all-German match for a place in the final. Dedura-Palomero narrowly retained the upper hand with 7:5 and 7:5.
However, the youngster will not face his 16-year-old brother Diego Dedura-Palomero (number 1059 in the world rankings) in the final, who, despite a strong performance, lost to Russian Svyatoslav Giulin (number 426 in the world rankings) 4:6 and 4:6.
Another German chance to reach the final has already been lost: At the W15 tournament in Klosters (Switzerland), Anna Vecic (number 559 in the world rankings) was defeated by the Swiss Jenny Dürst (number 495 in the world rankings) with 5:7 and 6:7.
Meanwhile, Patrick Zahraj (number 752 in the world rankings) caused a surprise in the men’s competition at the same venue and advanced to the final with a 6:4 and 6:4 win against Benjamin Lock from Zimbabwe (number 370 in the world rankings).
The prospects are also excellent at the W15 tournament in Alkmaar (Netherlands). Two German players, Selina Dal (number 665 in the world rankings) and Fabienne Gettwart (number 542 in the world rankings), are in the semifinals. Angelina Wirges (number 603 in the world rankings), however, had to admit defeat to the Pole Daria Kuczer with 4:6 and 2:6.
2024-06-29 15:03:00
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