Julia Görges reaches the semi-finals of the tournament in Wimbledon for the first time. In the quarter-finals, the German number two beat Kiki Bertens.
In the quarter-finals, Julia Görges met a confident Kiki Bertens, who catapulted herself to the title after her victory over Karolina Pliskova in the round before.
The German number two from Bad Oldesloe wanted to prevent this title project and started courageously and aggressively. On the other side, however, Bertens held up well and defused Görges’ strong serves well, forcing “Jule” to long rallies.
The serve worked well for both players at the beginning, before Görges wobbled for the first time at 3-4. Bertens took her chance ice-cold and took the lead with a break and 5:3. The Dutchwoman did not let her advantage slip and turned her first set ball after 36 minutes.
The exertions of the long tournament were clearly noticeable to Görges – but the 29-year-old did not get off the ground and continued to play courageous tennis. Görges’ courage was rewarded with an early break to 3:1 and the strong serve was followed by 4:1.
Bertens did not pin and put pressure on Görges in the next service game, regained the break and then equalled the score at 4-4.
The Dutch rider took the momentum out of the re-break and picked up speed again. Görges got into trouble with his own service, but could rely on her strong serve. Görges surprised her opponent with a great return to equalize the sets and equalized them.
The second round almost started with a bang: Görges immediately got the chance for an early break, but did not use the break point. Bertens now allowed for some chances and Görges was lurking at the return for another possibility to set the decisive pinprick.
At 2-1, it was Görges’ return streak coupled with courage that brought the 29-year-old the decisive break to 3-1. Görges could not resist this advantage and finally won 6:1 in the third round against Bertens.
The semi-final entry of Görges and Angelique Kerber made history in Wimbledon. In the 50-year history of professional tennis, there were only two German semi-finalists at a Grand Slam tournament in 1990 at the Australian Open and in 1993 at the French Open. In Wimbledon this was only the case in 134 years, when Cilly Aussem and Hilde Krahwinkel later even played the final.