Julia Görges’ sovereign appearance at the Kremlin Cup in Moscow: The German Fed Cup player defeated Yulia Putintseva 6:3 and 6:3 in the quarter-finals.
Julia Görges (28) remains on course for success at the WTA tournament in Moscow and is in the quarter-finals of the Kremlin Cup.The seventh seeded Fed Cup player also proved her form strength against Julia Putintseva (Kazakhstan/WTA-No. 54)6-3,6-3.After 85 minutes, Görges turned her first match point.
The world rankings-27.will face US open semifinalist Coco Vandeweghe (USA/No. 2) or Lesia Tsurenko (Ukraine) in the final round of the 790,208 dollar tournament.
Görges, the only German in the main draw in Moscow, may still have vague hopes of qualifying for the WTA Elite Trophy in Zhuhai.In the Chinese tourist town from 30.October to 5.November twelve participants at the start.
The eleven pros who took part in the competition on the cut-off date (25.October) in the race classification are noted on rank nine to 19 – plus either the number 20 or a player with a wildcard.There will also be two substitutes.
Görges is currently ranked 28th in the season’s ranking.In the current season, the 2011 Stuttgart winner had already reached the finals in Washington, Mallorca and Bucharest.
Former world number one Angelique Kerber (Kiel) still has a good chance of qualifying for Zhuhai despite her first-round elimination at the tournament in Luxembourg late on Tuesday evening.
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