The WTA Tour 2015 was the 45th vintage of the Damentennis tournament series, which was held by the Women s Tennis Association. The team competition Hopman Cup and Fed Cup are not organized by the WTA as the Grand Slam tournaments, but by the ITF. Here you will still be listed, as the top players also usually play these tournaments.
Kerber and Andrea Petkovic first completed an individual fitness program on Friday, marriage in the afternoon interview appointments at the World Association ITF and later the joint team training. The two established flagship forces of German ladies tennis should not only represent the national team at the upcoming struggle for the trophy at the Billie Jean King Cup, but not only appropriate.
With a mix of routine and adolescent carefree hopes the choice of captain and ex-professional Rainer Schüttler in Prague on a coup at the most important team competition in the ladies tennis, which has not called Fed Cup since this season. You must create a little surprise to reach the semi-finals, said Kerber of the German Press Agency. But maybe that s exactly what our chance is that we can freed without pressure.
only outsider in heavy group
In the heavy group with hosts Czech Republic and Switzerland with Olympic Champion Belinda Bencic, the DTB team is outsider - and looks exactly the opportunity to take a positive headlines for the end of the season. Kerber is fit for her illness and burns as well as her longtime companion Petkovic on the use in the Germany jersey.
Especially in the last few weeks, because of the full tournament calendar, I was constantly on the axle and in different time zones, Kerber said. That cost killed, but she is now ready for the last highlight of the season as she said.
Kerber and Petkovic have played the past months very well
On Monday (17.00 clock), in the O2 Arena in the Czech capital, is initially against the hosts who have to do without Petra Kvitova and Karolina Pliskova, but in Barbora Krejcikova this year s French-Open winner in single and double and Olympic victor in the Double have in their rows. One day later (17.00 clock), the second group game is against the Swiss. Overall, there are four groups of three teams each who compete against each other on the first four days. Only the group winner continues and attracts into the semifinals, the final rises on the 6th of November. Each encounter consists of two individually and a double.
They deserve with extreme jumps forward. They should also learn and orient themselves to Kerber and Petkovic.
Captain Rainer Schüttler about Jule Niemeier and Nastasja Schunk
For the individual, Kerber (World Rank List Square 12) and Petkovic (75 Place) are set. They are best placed in the ranking, have the greatest wealth of experience and have played the past months very well, Schüttler said the tennis and sports podcast Advantage. Anna-Lena Friedensam (137th place) is a good double player, including the emerging talents Jule Niemeier (131th place) and Nastasja Schunk (297 Place). They deserve that with extreme jumps forward. They should also learn and orient themselves to Kerber and Petkovic, shakers formulated expectations to the team.
Shaker: We made a lot going on
Since Wednesday evening, the majority of the DTB tour group in Prague, on Thursday, the team trained for the first time at the 17 000 spectator-catching Center Court. For the first unit on Friday, Friedermam, Niemeier and SCHUNK drove into the newly built training hall, which is about ten minutes away. The Corona pads in separate cars and always in compliance with the so-called bubble rules.
Despite all the conditions, Kerber showed grateful, that in many places a piece of normality has returned. Should the three-time Grand-Slam tournament winer from Kiel freed and raise in top form, the German team is quite a surprise. We have made a lot, Shakers said, complementing, And I do not believe that our opponents like to compete against Angie and our team.
Comments
Post a Comment