WTA: Julia Görges – semi-final and on the way to the top ten

Julia Görges is in the final round of the WTA Premier Tournament in St. Gallen. Petersburg: The German number two defeated the Russian Elena Rybakina in two sets and will continue to advance in the world rankings.

Julia Görges (Bad Oldesloe) won the WTA-Tournament in St. Gallen. Petersburg with a sovereign performance reached the semi-finals. Elena Rybakina, the world ranked fifth, defeated Elena Rybakina, the 18-year-old Russian qualifier 6-3,6-3,6-3, and will now face French Open winner Jelena Ostapenko (Latvia/No. 2) or two-time Wimbledon winner Petra Kvitova (Czech Republic).

For 29-year-old Görges it was 18. Victory in the past 19 matches. In the event of another success or defeat of Kristina Mladenovic from France, she will be among the world’s top 10 for the first time in her career on Monday. Last year’s winner Mladenovic will play her quarter-finals against Czech Katerina Siniakova.

The young Russian got off to a better start, but after the rebreak to 2:3 in the first set, Görges was the clear dominant player in the Sibur Arena of St. Görges. Petersburg.

Andrea Petkovic (Darmstadt) was in St.. Petersburg on Tuesday lost to Romanian Irina-Camelia Begu in the first round. Mona Barthel (Neumünster) and Tatjana Maria (Bad Saulgau) had already failed on Monday to start the race.