Porsche Team Germany wins Fed Cup thriller

Comunicato Stampa disponibile solo in lingua originale.

Sensational away win in #Minsk against last year’s runners up Belarus

Stuttgart. Porsche Team Germany has started the 2018 Fed Cup season with a major success: playing in #Minsk, the team guided by the national coach Jens Gerlach won the thrilling and hard-fought first round match 3-2 against Belarus. The surprising opening victory against last year’s runners up and favourites was clinched in the decisive doubles by #annalenagronefeld and #tatjanamaria: in a real #tennis cliff-hanger lasting two and a half hours in the sold-out Chizhovka-Arena on Sunday, they defeated Aryna Sabalenka and Lidziya Marozava 6-7, 7-5, 6-4. “It’s why one plays #tennis. For one’s country, for such matches,” said #annalenagronefeld. #tatjanamaria added, “We had a fantastic team this weekend and deserved to win.”

In the semi-final on 21/22 April, #Porsche Team Germany will face the five-time Fed Cup winners the Czech Republic on home soil. The venue for the repeat of the 2014 final is still to be decided.

The away encounter in #Minsk turned out to be the expected tough encounter for #Porsche Team Germany. After the singles, the match was tied at 2-2. Despite getting off to a good start, #tatjanamaria lost her opening singles on Saturday 4-6, 6-1, 6-2 against Aryna Sabalenka. The scores were levelled by of all #People Fed Cup debutant Antonia Lottner who this season is still being supported in the #Porsche Talent Team Germany squad: playing impressively the 21-year old surprisingly won against the Belarusian No. 1 Aliaksandra Sasnovich 7-5, 6-4. The tie was still open.

On Sunday, #Porsche Team Germany, which went into the encounter without its top players Angelique Kerber, Julia Görges and Carina Witthöft, took the lead for the first time when #tatjanamaria overcame Vera Lapko 6-4, 5-7, 6-0. However, Antonia Lottner just failed to add a second win when losing 6-3, 5-7, 6-2 to Aryna Sabalenka. The youngest player on the winning team was deeply impressed by her Fed Cup debut: “Playing in front of such a crowd is absolutely incredible,” she said. “I enjoyed every minute out on court and am so happy at being given the chance to be here and making a contribution to the fantastic win.”

- Fotogallery (14)

T18 0029 fine

4606x3071, 3MB

T18 0019 fine

4194x3712, 3MB

T18 0036 fine

4961x3429, 3MB

T18 0038 fine

4003x2714, 2MB

T18 0033 fine

3898x2875, 2MB

T18 0028 fine

4252x2614, 2MB

T18 0026 fine

3911x2765, 2MB

T18 0023 fine

3912x2826, 2MB

T18 0035 fine

3543x2188, 1MB

T18 0027 fine

4488x2839, 2MB

T18 0024 fine

3780x2613, 3MB

T18 0031 fine

4252x2634, 2MB

T18 0030 fine

4194x2712, 2MB

T18 0037 fine

5076x3413, 3MB

- Documenti (1)

Press release

726KB

News correlate

aprile 21, 2023	aprile 20, 2023
The top four seeds all in the quarterfinals - Tatjana Maria out	Tatjana Maria reaches the last 16 for the first time in the Porsche Arena
Comunicato Stampa disponibile solo in lingua originale. The world No. 1 and title-holder Iga Swiatek eases over the first hurdle.P...	Comunicato Stampa disponibile solo in lingua originale. Tatjana Maria beats Swiss qualifier #ylenainalbon in a #tennis thriller on...
Automotive Sport Corporate Events	Automotive Sport Events
#porsche #corporate #sport #sponsor #competition #tennis #people #porschetennisgrandprix #automotive #auto #tatjanamaria #stuttgart	#porsche #competition #tennis #people #porschearena #porschetennisgrandprix #automotive #tatjanamaria #event
Scarica tutto	Scarica tutto
3 1	3 1