Tennis – Stuttgart – Kerber starts against Astin Kontaveit in Stuttgart – SPORTS

Stuttgart (AP) – Angelique Kerber faces a difficult task at the start of the WTA tournament in Stuttgart. Germany’s best tennis player meets fifth seed Estonian Annette Kontaveit in the first round, as it happened on Sunday. 34 years old world number 17 player. Has only been able to win a doubles out of five against Kontaveit, who is up eleven places in his career.

Laura Siegmund will face Tamara Zidansek of Slovenia in a clay court event starting Monday, with Jule Niemeyer taking on former US Open winner Bianca Andreescu of Canada. World number one Inga Swietake, the top seed of Poland, got a bye in the first round.

After a disappointment in the Billie Jean King Cup, German women’s tennis made their domestic tournament debut. Due to 1:3 in Kazakhstan, the German Tennis Federation missed qualifying for the final in the select team competition and will play on 11./12. Against the November deportation. Kerber lost two of his singles in three sets at Nur-Sultan.

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