For the first time since 1931, a German final could be held in Wimbledon. On Thursday both Angelique Kerber and Julia Görges will play their semi-finals at the world’s oldest tennis tournament. Here you can find out where you can watch the two matches live on TV and live stream.
In London’s All England Club something historic is in the offing: With Angelique Kerber and Julia Görges, two German players have reached the semi-finals of a Grand Slam for the first time in 25 years.
In 1993 this was the last time Steffi Graf and Anke Huber advanced to the semi-finals at the French Open. At that time, Count Huber beat him in a direct duel and subsequently won the title against Mary Joe Fernandez from the USA.
The oldest tennis tournament in the world will not be shown on free TV this year either. The pay-TV channel Sky has secured exclusive broadcasting rights until 2018. The station offers a so-called Sky-Ticket especially for the tournament, with which even non-subscribers can view the tournament in full length against payment.
Sky also provides a live stream via Sky Go for the station’s subscribers. Both semi-finals today will take place on the Centre Court. The broadcast will start at 12.25 pm on Sky Sport 1 and Sky Sport HD 1.
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SPOX offers its own live ticker at Grand Slams for all games with German participation as well as selected top games of the tournament. Of course, the semi-finals of Angelique Kerber and Julia Görges are not excluded from this. You can get an overview of all Liveticker here.
Thursday in Wimbledon will be all about the women’s semi-finals. At 2 p.m., Angelique Kerber will meet the Latvian Jelena Ostapenko on the Centre Court and can enter the Wimbledon finale for the second time in her career. Julia Görges will then play Serena Williams, who is back in top form after her baby break and is therefore likely to be a slight favourite.
Last year, Garbine Muguruza won her first title on the “holy lawn”. Prior to her baby break, Serena Williams was the dominant player in the All England Club. The last German finalist was Angelique Kerber, who had to admit defeat to Williams in two sets in 2016.