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Siegemund Advances To Second Round In Nürnberg

NÜRNBERG, May 23, 2017 Three German players advanced to the second round at the WTA Nürnberger Versicherungscup on Tuesday. Fourth seed Laura Siegemund eased past compatriot Katharina Hobgarski, winning 6-0, 6-1. The Stuttgart Tennis Grand Prix champion saved both break […]

Witthöft setzt Ausrufezeichen in Nürnberg

Blog – Tobias Huber  Keine Überraschungen gab es am Dienstag beim 5. Nürnberger Versicherungscup. Auch die deutschen Topspielerinnen erreichten angeführt von Laura Siegemund und Annika Beck das Achtelfinale. Ein echtes Ausrufezeichen setzte Carina Witthöft, die die Schwedin Johanna Larsson mit […]

Sharapova Confirmed To Play Rogers Cup 2017

MONTREAL, May 23, 2017 (Press Release) Five-time Grand Slam champion and former world No. 1 Maria Sharapova has been awarded a main draw wild card into the 2017 Rogers Cup presented by National Bank, taking place August 5-13 at Aviva […]

Bouchard Pulls Out Of Nürnberg

NÜRNBERG, May 22, 2017 Organizers of the WTA Nürnberger Versicherungscup announced Monday evening that 2014 champion Eugenie Bouchard was forced to withdraw from her first round match against Yulia Putintseva due to a right ankle injury, which happened during practice last […]

Deutsche Hoffnungsträgerin am Valznerweiher heißt Laura Siegemund

Blog – Tobias Huber 2017 ist erneut die Tennis-Elite der Damen zu Gast in Nürnberg. Diese Woche findet die fünfte Auflage des Nürnberger Versicherungscups statt. Deutsche Spielerinnen sucht man allerdings bislang vergebens auf der Siegerliste. In diesem Jahr ruhen die […]

Qualifiers Complete Main Draw At Nürnberger Versicherungscup

NÜRNBERG, May 21, 2017 Sorana Cirstea emerged victorious from an all-Romanian-affair on the opening day of the main draw at the WTA Nürnberger Versicherungscup. The 27-year-old Bucharest native benefited from the retirement of eighth seed Monica Nicluesco, leading 6-4, 1-0. Cirstea […]

Antonitsch Advances At WTA Nürnberg Qualifying

NÜRNBERG, May 20, 2017 The fifth edition of the WTA Nürnberger Versicherungscup kicked off on Saturday with the first day of the qualifying highlighted by wild card entry Mira Antonitsch, who knocked out eighth favourite Valeriya Solovyeva from Russia. The only […]

Bouchard Returns To Nürnberg

NÜRNBERG, May 19, 2017 Organizers of the Nürnberger Versicherungscup announced Friday that three young German players were awarded a wild card into the main draw of the $226,750 WTA International event held at the venue of the 1.Fc Nürnberg next […]

Bouchard To Play Mallorca Open

SANTA PONSA, May 13, 2017 The organizers of the WTA Mallorca Open announced Friday the line-up for the grass court tournament’s second edition held from 17 to 25 June 2017 at the Santa Ponsa Tennis Club. Top ranked player will be World […]