Temperatures in Doha are currently around 30 degrees Celsius. But stars such as Caroline Wozniacki and Julia Görges indulge in the snow – they feverishly watch the TV broadcasts from Pyeongchang as Olympic fans.
From Ulrike Weinrich from Doha
Julia Görges still hasn’t redeemed her biathlon voucher from Fritz Fischer “I will do that after my career. But I’m already looking forward to it. However, I haven’t been skiing for 14.15 years,”said the world’s number one eagerly awaited in a tennisnet conversation on the fringes of the Doha tournament. In the sunny and warm days of Qatar, she indulges in the snow in almost every free minute. Only in front of the TV screen – but there “Jule” mutates into an absolute hardcore fan, especially when it comes to the broadcasts of the Olympic biathlon competitions from Pyeongchang.
No other player in the Khalifa International Tennis and Squash Complex is as well informed about the current status of the medal table as Görges. Most likely Caroline Wozniacki, who is particularly into curling, the sport with the funny “brooms”,”I could imagine doing it myself. The hand-eye coordination is there, and I like to have a team around me. Yes, maybe I should just do that,”said the Australian Open winner, who also has the national aspect in mind:” In curling, Denmark has won one of its few Olympic medals at some point.
Lindsey Vonn is one of my good friends,”said the industry leader of the WTA Tour. The 27-year-old herself doesn’t have a problem with putting herself on the boards during her tennis career to relax in Winterwonderland “I’m a very decent skier. But I get nervous when it gets too fast. As a child it was different, I wasn’t afraid of anything, I made jumps and everything else,”Wozniacki told us with a smile about the small, wild “Caro” of yesteryear.
Maria Sharapova, who had already failed in the first round in Doha, also had more than one eye on the Olympic Games. Shortly before the start of the spectacle, the Russian posted a photo at Instagram, which she showed as torchbearer of the 2014 Winter Games in Sochi. Angelique Kerber likes biathlon and – if possible – follows the matches of the national ice hockey team:”I used to ski in the past, and the school even went on a class trip once in a while,”said the eighth-placed Kerber in Doha.
Wimbledon winner Garbine Muguruza (No. 4), on the other hand, doesn’t want to watch TV:”I don’t like the winter, that’s why I hardly follow it either,”said the Spaniard. Caroline Garcia (No. 7) also does not see himself as a “winter sports person”,”but we have many very good French Olympic athletes. The Brit Johanna Kontakt (No. 10), Kerber’s opponent in the last 16 finals on Thursday evening, is currently using an Olympic app to find out more.
Her love for biathlon developed at Görges during her childhood days. I always wondered why she was carrying a gun on her back,”said the lady from Regensburg,” and I always thought it was incredibly exciting to see how the targets turned white or red when she was shooting,”Görges’ parents follow this sport as well.