Julia Görges (Bad Oldesloe) also made it to the second round of the WTA tournament in Doha and reached the round of sixteen. After their smooth opening win against Lucie Safarova, the world number ten won the second duel with a Czech woman in 24 hours against Barbora Strycova 6-2,3-6,6-1.
The duel in windy conditions on Court 1 lasted 2:06 hours. For Auckland winner Görges, it was her eleventh victory in the 13th minute. Seasonal match. On the other hand, Carina Witthöft (Hamburg) missed the round of the 16th place with a clear 2:6,0:6 against the Danish world number one and Australian Open winner Caroline Wozniacki.
Görges, who on Tuesday took part in the Fed Cup semi-finals against Czech Republic (21. /22. April) for the second time after 2007 is in the eighth-finals of the $2.897 tournament in the desert state of Qatar. The next opponent of the 29-year-old is the winner of the match between the sixth seeded French Open winner Jelena Ostapenko (Latvia) and the Romanian Mihaela Buzarnescu.
After the success of Görges against Strycova, Angelique Kerber (Kiel) will fight for the next round on Wednesday evening. Former number one in her first match since the semi-final out of the Australian Open 20 days ago will face Australian Samantha Stosur.