News : Wimbledon Protocol: How Angelique Kerber won against Tatjana Maria

Tatiana Maria vs. Angelique Kerber Florian Pütz Overall, Kerber won six, Maria four breaks. So with their serve games both have their problems. Tatiana Maria vs. Angelique Kerber Florian Puetz Game Angelique Kerber Break on Break: Kerber goes 4: 3 in the lead. Tatiana Maria vs. Angelique Kerber Florian Pütz Game Tatjana Maria The advantage Maria uses and compensates by re-breaking to 3: 3. Tatiana Maria vs. Angelique Kerber Florian Pütz double mistake by Kerber. Very annoying for the Kielerin. Tatiana Maria vs. Angelique Kerber Florian Pütz But then 40:40 in Kerber's service! Tatiana Maria vs. Angelique Kerber Florian Pütz Kerber pats her racket sourly against her thigh because she can not reach a stop ball from Maria. 40:30 for the outsider. Tatiana Maria vs. Angelique Kerber Florian Pütz Game Tatjana Maria That was close to Maria, but she saved her serve by four points in a row. Tatiana Maria vs. Angelique Kerber Florian Pütz But Maria balances to 40:40! Tatiana Maria vs. Angelique Kerber Florian Pütz Kerber now gets the next chance to break. Tatiana Maria vs. Angelique Kerber Florian Pütz Game Angelique Kerber Maria hits the Slice and goes online. Kerber looks out her opponent and beats the pass ball longline past her. 3: 1 for the reigning Wimbledon winner. She is well on the way to the second round. Tatiana Maria vs. Angelique Kerber Florian Puetz Madness, Kerber is about to bring her serve game. That I may still experience this in this sentence. Tatiana Maria vs. Angelique Kerber Florian Pütz Game Angelique Kerber Fact! In the second set no player brings their service game through. Kerber leads 2-1 in the lead, because Maria makes a forehand mistake. Tatiana Maria vs. Angelique Kerber Florian Pütz With their serve games both players do not have it. Now Kerber has the next chance to break. Tatiana Maria vs. Angelique Kerber Florian Pütz Game Tatjana Maria Maria stays in line. You succeed after a long back and forth the break. Tatiana Maria vs. Angelique Kerber Florian Pütz And then she puts the fourth ball into the net. Again 40:40. Tatiana Maria vs. Angelique Kerber Florian Pütz Kerber takes advantage of her serve. Tatiana Maria vs. Angelique Kerber Florian Pütz There is the famous Becker pike, but I do not know how to name this step. Kerber-kick? Please write me a letter with your suggestions. Matthias Hangst / Getty Images Tatiana Maria vs. Angelique Kerber Florian Pütz Game Angelique Kerber The second set begins again with an early break from Kerber. Practically nose to nose are Kerber and Maria on the net opposite, there beats the Wimbledonsiegerin a fine crossball to the point. Tatiana Maria vs. Angelique Kerber Florian Pütz After the retirement of Petkovic, the disappointment in German tennis is of course great. But I'll tell you something now: After this duel here on the center court is definitely a German player in the 2nd round. Tatiana Maria vs. Angelique Kerber Florian Pütz Game Angelique Kerber Maria goes back to the net courageously and sends Kerber deep behind the baseline. But she runs after the ball, hits him with the backhand and plays a great lift over Maria. The felt ball falls behind her to the set ball in the field. Kerber takes the lead! Tatiana Maria vs. Angelique Kerber Florian Pütz Kerber now has the set ball! Tatiana Maria vs. Angelique Kerber Florian Pütz Maria with a strong passing ball, left past Kerber at the net. 30:15 for Maria. Tatiana Maria vs. Angelique Kerber Florian Pütz Game Angelique Kerber Kerber refines the second advantage for the third break. Now she has to bring her serve to win the set. Tatiana Maria vs. Angelique Kerber Florian Pütz advantage Kerber, but then Maria goes to the net and trick her opponent with a stop ball. Tatiana Maria vs. Angelique Kerber Florian Pütz Then Maria only hits the net with her slice and it is 40:40. A break for Kerber and she has a good chance of winning the set right away. Tatiana Maria vs. Angelique Kerber Florian Pütz Strong action by Maria. She nails Kerber at the baseline and then scores with a smash ball for 40:15. Tatiana Maria vs. Angelique Kerber Florian Pütz Again, Maria Kerber brings a slice to the net. But this time Kerber is fast enough, reaches the ball and scores even out of defense. Tatiana Maria vs. Angelique Kerber Florian Puetz Game Tatjana Maria There's Break! Maria lures Kerber to the net and she tries it with a praise. The lands but in the off behind the baseline. Tatiana Maria vs. Angelique Kerber Florian Pütz And now Maria can land a break again because Kerber allows too many mistakes. Tatiana Maria vs. Angelique Kerber Florian Puetz Game Tatiana Maria Maria wins her serve and shortens to 3: 4. Tatiana Maria vs. Angelique Kerber Florian Pütz That hurts: Kerber goes to the net and picks a high ball from Maria from the air. The device but much too short and lands for 40: 0 in the network. Tatiana Maria vs. Angelique Kerber Florian Pütz Game Angelique Kerber Excellent service by Kerber. Maria can return the last serve in this game, but Kerber completes directly to 4-2 after games. Tatiana Maria vs. Angelique Kerber Florian Pütz Meanwhile, Andrea Petkovic has lost her game against Monica Niculescu 6: 2, 2: 6, 5: 7. Petkovic is already eliminated. Tatiana Maria vs. Angelique Kerber Florian Puetz Game Angelique Kerber Kerber takes the advantage and then beats a fine pass ball past Maria. Second break for Kerber! Tatiana Maria vs. Angelique Kerber Florian Pütz Both players make some unforced mistakes, Kerber stands at six, Maria at seven. That's how it stands 40:40 in the fifth game. Tatiana Maria vs. Angelique Kerber Florian Pütz Game Tatjana Maria Uncontrollable mistake by Kerber who gets a blow too long. That's 2: 2 in the first set. Tatiana Maria vs. Angelique Kerber Florian Pütz And then Maria takes the lead in Kerber's service 40: 0. Chance to re-break! Tatiana Maria vs. Angelique Kerber Florian Pütz Tatjana Maria at one of her many sliceballs. Matthias Hangst / Getty Images Tatiana Maria vs. Angelique Kerber Florian Pütz Game Angelique Kerber Maria joins the net and Kerber plays left Longline past her. An early break for the reigning Wimbledon champion. She does not want to be naked here. Tatiana Maria vs. Angelique Kerber Florian Pütz Next Kerber smash and she has a chance to break. Tatiana Maria vs. Angelique Kerber Florian Pütz Game Angelique Kerber Maria plays a lot of sliceballs, but sometimes gets stuck on the net. Kerber plays a little more flexible, in the end she gets the game with a smash ball. Tatiana Maria vs. Angelique Kerber Florian Pütz Game Tatjana Maria She wins her first serving match quite confidently. Maria sends Kerber deep into the left corner and then plays a forehand slice on the opposite corner. Kerber does not reach the ball anymore. Tatiana Maria vs. Angelique Kerber Florian Pütz Livecast started! The match begins, Maria strikes! Tatiana Maria vs. Angelique Kerber 7/2/19 12:09 PM Florian Pütz "It's a German duel, of course we keep our fingers crossed for both," says the Sky commentator. Unfortunately I can not, I need my fingers crossed for writing. Tatiana Maria vs. Angelique Kerber 7/2/19 12:06 PM Florian Puetz What I do not want to withhold from you: At the same time Andrea Petkovic plays on Court 16 against the Romanian Monica Niculescu. Petkovic is currently 6: 2, 2: 6, 4: 5 behind. I keep you informed. Tatiana Maria vs. Angelique Kerber 7/2/19 12:03 PM Florian Pütz The first moving pictures! Tatiana Maria vs. Angelique Kerber 7/2/19 12:02 PM Florian Pütz The players are on the field and take turns. Tatiana Maria vs. Angelique Kerber 7/2/19 11:59 AM Florian Pütz "We know each other very well," says Tatjana Maria on Sky's microphone. However, she does not want to change her playing style in order to possibly surprise Kerber. If I believe the statistics, the two have never played against each other in a big tournament. There is a first time for everything. Tatiana Maria vs. Angelique Kerber 7/2/19 11:56 AM Florian Pütz Well, let's take a look at the Center Court in Wimbledon. At 14 o'clock the game starts by Angelique Kerber against Tatjana Maria. Kerber is number five in the world, Maria the number 65, so the favorite role is clearly distributed. Tatiana Maria vs. Angelique Kerber 7/2/19 11:50 AM Florian Pütz's story was written by 15-year-old Cori Gauff, who defeated Venus Williams. Williams had already won twice at Wimbledon, so Gauff had not even been born yet - crazy. Such stories are only written by footballers. Tatiana Maria vs. Angelique Kerber 7/2/19 11:46 AM Florian Pütz Yes, and then top player Alexander Zverev lost to number 124 in the world, the Czech Jiri Vesely. My colleague Philipp Joubert has dealt in detail with the strange case Zverev. Tatiana Maria vs. Angelique Kerber 7/2/19 11:39 AM Florian Pütz Yesterday so much happened, I want to provide you with the most important news. The German men have lost in droves. There was even talk of a "black Monday" for German tennis. Read here the report on Kohlschreiber's defeat against Djokovic Tatjana Maria vs. Angelique Kerber 7/2/19 11:37 AM Florian Pütz "Hello again", I'm just saying, "Hello again". Yesterday we had the pleasure of playing Novak Djokovic against Philipp Kohlschreiber, the defending champion won sovereign. Today we look at the defending champion: Angelique Kerber plays against Tatjana Maria. At 14 o'clock it starts on the Center-Court. I'm glad! Show more Ticker Liveblog Software