WTA Strasbourg Station: "German Dancer" saved 4 final points and still missed the women's singles competition!
On May 24, Beijing time, the 2021 WTA250 series Strasbourg station ended all the competition for the women's singles qualifier round last night, in a German derby, Petkovic although she once saved 4 final points in the game, she finally lost to her compatriot Niemer with a score of 3-6/7-6 (4)/3-6, regrettably missing the women's singles main event of this year's event.
Petkovic is 33 years old this year, the career highest WTA women's singles world ranking in 2011 came to the world's 9th place, because after winning a game, she likes to show her beautiful dance style on the stadium, so she is praised by many fans and media as the "German dancer".
However, in recent seasons, Petkovic has fallen out of the ranks of the top WTA masters, and her current WTA women's singles world ranking has fallen to 112th in the world, and this match with Niemeyer is also the first time in their careers.
In the first set, Petkovic did not find any break opportunities in Nimer's serve, and Nimaire successfully cashed in on 2 of the 7 break opportunities in this set, with these 2 breaks, Nimmer took the lead in the first set with a score of 6-3.
The game entered the second set, Petkovic in his own must be a serve, after resolving a final point, the final set was dragged into the seventh, grab seven, Petkovic overcame the situation of 0-2 behind the small points, she ended the set with a small score of 7-4, and the two sides returned to the unified starting line.
In the decider, Nimher took the lead in breaking Petkovic's serve and quickly established a 5-2 lead, although she wasted a final point in her first serve and was broken by Petkovic, but then in Petkovic's whole game had to be guaranteed a serve, she quickly established a 40-0 lead, Petkovic resolved the first 2 match points, but on the 3rd match point, she failed to perform a miracle for the fourth time, And Niemeer ended the set with a score of 6-3, In the end, the whole game was also won.
After qualifying for this year's Strasbourg Women's Singles Tournament, Niemele will face Parry from France in the first round of the Women's Singles Tournament.