The German tennis player Laura Siegemund is three victories short of the Grand Slam victory in Paris.
But now she is facing number seven in the world.
At the French Open *,
Laura Siegemund made it
to the quarter-finals.
Now the 32-year-old meets the current number seven in the world,
Petra Kvitova
.
It is the
first quarter-finals
in a Grand Slam individual tournament for the Swabian.
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Paris - For the German tennis player
Laura Siegemund
, the most important match of her Grand Slam career is on Wednesday.
The 32-year-old
competes
in the quarter-finals of the French Open against two-time Wimbledon winner
Petra Kvitova
and is aware of the difficult task.
French Open in the live ticker: Laura Siegemund against Petra Kvitova - will the Swabian also beat number seven in the world?
The Filderstadt native will play her
first quarter-finals
against Kvitova
in her 16th Grand Slam tournament *, only in doubles she has so far won a title at the US Open * 2020.
However, she was denied a title in the individual tournament, which could change at the
French Open
, but the number seven seeded Czech must be beaten.
Siegemund's
clever match plans
were an important aspect of her four victories in the current tournament in Paris.
That is why she carefully analyzed the game of her opponent in order to be the first German since
Andrea Petkovic
in 2014
to reach
the
semi-finals in Paris
on Wednesday - should a win against Kvitova succeed
.
But until then there will be a lot of work to do.
"Petra is a really strong opponent, there is no question about that," says Siegemund.
The quarter-final game "
will be completely different from
all previous matches that I have played here so far," the 32-year-old told
SID
.
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French Open in the live ticker: Laura Siegemund against Petra Kvitova - the match takes place on Center Court
At the Roland Garros tournament, the German mostly
faced
clay court
players who play with spin and approach the game tactically.
But this time she is expecting an opponent in Kvitova who is particularly characterized by her
power
.
"She serves very well and there is no second chance in rallies with her," says Siegemund.
"It will be different, and I'm looking forward to it."
During the match, Siegemund will play on the legendary
Philippe Chatrier court
, which has had a movable roof since this year.
She
had already played
her first round match against the French
Kristina Mladenovic
on center court.
However, all other matches took place on secondary courts, including the quarter-final triumph against Badosa Gilbert.
French Open in the live ticker: Laura Siegemund against Petra Kvitovna - Lush prize money for Siegemund
For the last remaining German * in the individual tournaments, in addition to a secure
top 50 place
in the WTA ranking, there is also prize money of
425,250 euros
;
In the last sixteen, Daniel Altmaier and
Alexander Zverev were
eliminated from the men
, especially with the latter there was discussion after the defeat.
Now it is to be hoped that Laura Siegemund assesses her opponent well and thus advances to the semi-finals.
(ajr)
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