WTA: Julia Görges with ulterior motives for Asia

Julia Görges is the only German lady to start in the main field of the Kremlin Cup in Moscow.The 28-year-old is also playing for a small chance to extend her season.

Julia Görges is not unfamiliar with autumnal long-distance travel.Last year, the German Fed Cup player set off for Singapore at the end of October, I was as charming as she was competent – after all, Karolina Pliskova had travelled to the WTA final alongside Görges, but with a twofold mission: The Czech had also qualified for the individual decision.

The formidable duo Görges/Pliskova split up before the beginning of 2017, with the best possible agreement.Reunification is not ruled out, but first and foremost the individual careers are now to be given another boost.Pliskova has come one nuance further than her ex-partner, the time at the top of the WTA world ranking was short, but nevertheless immensely satisfying.Pliskova will be back in Singapore in 2017, the second big goal, winning one of the four majors, next year.

Julia Görges, on the other hand, could leave the destination Zhuhai with her travel agency for further processing, but in order to be able to practise meaningful tennis there, the Kremlin Cp would have to do extremely well this week in Moscow.Görges is seated in seventh position and will meet the qualifier Polina Monova in round one.One of the tasks in the tableau that can be done without exception, provided that Julia Görges returns to the aggressiveness and concentration of the days of Washington – where she had reached the final under the most adverse circumstances, Ekaterina Makarova was defeated there.

470 points are available in Moscow, if everything goes in the direction of Görges, it could even replace Angelique Kerber as Germany’s number one in the annual ranking.Kerber will try to explain her participation in Zhuhai, the Masters after the Masters in Luxembourg.

Julia Görges is 27th in the Porsche Race to Singapore, her journeys to Wuhan and Beijing were not marked by success, and the end of the campaign for the woman from Regensburg was in round two.The season 2017 will have been a successful one for Görges – not so long ago the 28-year-old had to fight her way through qualifiers, now Görges will be seeded at the Australian Open in early 2018.Just like in Moscow.

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