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Dream first round pairings and a difficult draw for Jule Niemeier

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Spectators in the Porsche Arena can look forward to spectacular encounters straight away in the first round of the 46th #porschetennisgrandprix. The pairings were drawn by the local hero Tatjana Maria. In qualifying, Tamara Korpatsch is the only German player to progress to the main draw.

Tatjana Maria was in fine form when drawing the #porschetennisgrandprix. Side by side with Anke Huber, the Operating Tournament Director, the Wimbledon semifinalist pulled several extremely attractive first round matches out of the hat. The duel between the No. 8 seed Maria Sakkari from Greece and the Czech Karolina Pliskova, the 2018 Stuttgart winner, promises to be highly exciting. Paula Badosa’s, the former world No. 2 from Spain, meeting with the No. 7 seed Daria Kasatkina is also expected to produce high-class tennis in the contest for the Porsche Taycan Turbo S #sport Turismo, the main prize for the winner of the 46th edition of the long-standing Stuttgart tournament.

Jule Niemeier was out of luck. The world No. 65 and top ranked German, who was handed a main draw wild card, is set to face the Wimbledon champion and Australian Open runner-up Elena Rybakina from Kazakhstan. Tatjana Maria drew herself the qualifier Ylena In-Albon (Switzerland) as her first round opponent. In the match between two Grand Slam winners, the Porsche Brand Ambassador Emma Raducanu (Great Britain), the 2021 US Open winner, will go head-tohead with the 2017 French Open champion Jelena Ostapenko (Latvia). 

Porsche Tennis Grand Prix Day 2 - Dream first round pairings and a difficult draw for #juleniemeier - Banca dati di Porsche AG

Two qualifiers will meet each other in Monday’s first match on Centre Court in the Porsche Arena at 3.30 pm – Tamara Korpatsch against Spain’s Cristina Bucsa. The German overcame the American Alycia Parks 6-2, 6-4 on Sunday. She is the only home player to make it through to the main draw from qualifying. The second singles on Centre Court will be between Ekaterina Alexandrova and Donna Vekic (Croatia).

Earlier at mid-day on Court 1, the Chinese Qinwen Zheng will play the lucky loser Alycia Parks. The American has replaced Petra Kvitova (Czech Republic) in the main draw as the 2019 Stuttgart winner was forced to withdraw with an injury. The first doubles encounter involving the Ukrainian Lyudmyla Kichenok and her Latvian partner Jelena Ostapenko against Veronika Kudermetova and Anastasia Potapova will start not before 3.00 pm on Court 1.

Andrea Petkovic says “goodbye” to the Stuttgart crowd

She’s back in the Porsche Arena – Andrea Petkovic, a crowd favourite for many years at the #porschetennisgrandprix, will bid the Stuttgart crowd farewell at a special exhibition match. Titled “Next Gens please”, it will take place after the second main draw match on Centre Court on Monday, 17 April. Andrea Petkovic and Anna Lena Herzgerodt (nee Grönefeld) as representatives of the “golden generation” will take on youngsters Noma Noha Akugue, Ella Seidel and Sonja Zhenikova.

Following immediately afterwards is a musical highlight on Centre Court in the Porsche Arena when shooting star Loi will present songs from her repertoire alongside her top hit “Gold”.

Ticket salesTickets for the 46th #porschetennisgrandprix are available at the Porsche Arena box offices and from Easy Ticket Service – in Internet at www.easyticket.de or by calling +49 711 / 2 55 55 55. Also available are separate tickets for the public village containing the Racket Sports World.