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Celebrating the greatest success of her career: Tatjana Maria
Photo: SEBASTIEN BOZON / AFP
With a great energy performance, Tatjana Maria managed the next surprise at the grass classic in Wimbledon and reached the quarter-finals for the first time.
The 34-year-old defeated number 12 Jelena Ostapenko on Sunday 5: 7, 7: 5, 7: 5 and now meets Jule Niemeier or Brit Heather Watson.
In the second set, Maria fended off two match balls and after 2:07 hours got the greatest success of her tennis career.
Only 15 months after the birth of her second daughter Cecilia, she is in the top eight in a Grand Slam tournament for the first time in her career.
Maria received the equivalent of 360,000 euros for this.
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