WTA: Kerber and Görges: For the first time in 244 months

For the first time in about 244 months, Angelique Kerber and Julia Görges are two German tennis players in the top ten of the world rankings.

Despite their semi-final defeat at the WTA tournament in St. Gallen, Germany. Petersburg is the first time that Julia Görges (Bad Oldesloe) joins the ranks of the world’s top ten players in her career. In the new ranking starting Monday, she will be ranked tenth behind the former world number one Angelique Kerber (Kiel).

In September 1997 in Steffi Graf and Anke Huber, two German players were among the top ten in the world rankings. Görges benefited on Sunday from the defeat of the French defending champion Kristina Mladenovic in the final of St. Görges. Petersburg. With the 1:6,2:6 against Czech Petra Kvitova she slipped to 13th place in the ranking. Görges had previously lost to two-time Wimbledon champion Kvitova in the semi-finals.