Julia Goerges is one of the most unpredictable players of the tour and she proved it again today. After leading 6-2, 3-0, the German completely collapsed and conceded the match 2-6, 6-3, 6-1 to Barbora Strycova.
Goerges Plays Amazing Tennis, Wins Opening Set
A few hours after crushing Svetlana Kuznetsova in less than one hour, Julia Goerges kept going and played a great first set against the tricky Czech player, Strycova. She first held her service game to love and broke the serve of her opponent straight from the second game with some brilliant shots already. She consolidated her break to take a 3-0 lead. After the early break, both players played very consistently and held their serves twice in a row. In the end, Goerges imposed her game a bit more upon Strycova and broke her one last time to win the opening set 6-2 with an impressive overhead winner.
Goerges Falters, Strycova Comes Back And Levels Up The Match
In the second set, Goerges started off in a neat way, breaking Strycova on the first time of asking to lead 2-0. She then consolidated her service game with a massive forehand winner to take a 3-0 lead, but after the three opening games of the set, the German seemed to falter a little bit more after every single point, which allowed Strycova to find a second wind.
The Czech held a first time at 3-0 down and went on to break the Goerges serve to love with among other things, a tremendous passing winner. From that moment, Goerges seemed to have completely disappeared while Strycova started to believe in her chances. Too many unforced errors from Goerges helped her opponent to take the lead for the first time of the match at 4-3. At the end of the second set, Goerges totally lost her focus and Strycova kept playing solidly, which allowed her to level up the match by snatching the second set, 6-3.
Strycova Defeats An Absent Goerges And Reaches The Quarterfinals
After a bathroom break, the German came back on the court and tried to get her act together, but it did not work out as Strycova somehow held her serve in the opening game after saving three straight break points. From 1-0, everything went very fast. Goerges' tennis got even worse and Strycova took advantage of it, breaking the German to take a 3-0 lead. With a break in the pocket, the 29-year-old from the Czech Republic only had to keep serving well to eventually get the win after one hour and forty-four minutes, 2-6, 6-3, 6-1.
In the quarterfinals she will face either top, seed Simona Halep or former world number one, Ana Ivanovic. For Goerges, she can still take out positive things from this week but will have to work on her mental strength for the upcoming tournaments.
