Tennis

Germany loses in Fed Cup

The best Doppelspielerin the world makes all the difference. The German players lose the Fed Cup quarter-finals against Switzerland – but only in the decisive doubles.

The winners are: Martina Hingis (right) and Belinda Bencic

3:2 beat the Swiss Team of coach Heinz Günthardt the selection of the German Tennis Federation (DTB) in Leipzig. After two won and two lost Individually joined Andrea Petkovic and Doppelspezialistin Anna-Lena Grönefeld to win the decisive Match – against Martina Hingis, the number one of the doubles rankings, and Belinda Bencic, who had previously been in individual, twice the points.

The dream reset

And the Swiss quality in the double seated themselves clear by: Hingis and Bencic beat the two Germans with 6:3, 6:2. The German ladies to Team Boss Barbara Rittner in order to once more their dream of winning the Fed Cup is made and soon against relegation from the Weltgruppe fight.

Still showed the German selection in front of the Leipzig audience a remarkable performance. Only the verlorenene single by Andrea Petkovic (3:6, 4:6) on the first day, and even fatigue-related loss of
Australian Open champion Angelique Kerber is clouded a bit the overall impression. However, they both went solo against the world ranking of Eleventh Belinda Bencic lost, thus once more proved that they are on the way to the top of the world.

Annika Beck showed a good performance

The most pleasing performance in the second Fed Cup-day showed the 21-year-old debutante Annika Beck, the so-important fourth singles with 7:5, 6:4 against Timea Bacsinszky won and your Team to keep in the game held.

Kerbers battery was empty

Earlier, Angelique Kerber her match against Bencic with 6:7 (4:7), 3:6 lost. A day after their significant success against Bacsinszky was Kerber also the exhaustion after the exertions of the past few days, it should be noted. “She really needs now is a long break,” said Team Boss Barbara Rittner after the Match. They paid tribute to their Top player but high respect for the use of, and also sports the Swiss woman a compliment. Bencic have in every Situation the Right thing.

Barbara Rittner needs to worry

DTB – mixed results

For the German Tennis Federation is the weekend of Leipzig with a mixed balance sheet to the end. A full house, lots of Tennis euphoria after the Kerber-success in Australia and for the first time after a long time a Live Broadcast in free-to-air television – that is on the page. Sporting is on the debit side note, Andrea Petkovic – the a lot of important games for the DTB Team has won the achievements in the Moment of failure. And that the Concerns of Team Boss Rittner, your number 1 Kerber will the rigors of Melbourne to pay tribute to need, were entitled. Rittner noted at the end athletic fair the quality of the opponents: “I make no accusation. I’ve said before: On the double, it should tend not to arrive.”

ml/wl (sid, fedcup.com, SAT.1)