After Viktorija Golubic and Conny Perrin also Patty Schnyder loses at the WTA tournament in Gstaad. On the tour of the last eight players, no Switzerland is more represented.
Viktorija Golubic says goodbye to the audience in Gstaad. (Image: Anthony Anex / Keystone)
In the first edition of the 2016 tournament, three Swiss women reached the semi-finals; Golubic won the tournament at the time. This time, from the quarterfinals in Saanenland, foreign players are again like the previous year under their own weight. Frenchman Alizé Cornet (WTA 48) and Australian Samantha Stosur (WTA 73), the last remaining women in the top 100 of the table, face each other in the quarterfinals. Thursday, Cornet and Stosur eliminated the last remaining Swiss.
Samantha Stosur (34) beat Patty Schnyder (WTA 159), 39, 6: 4, 6: 1 in the "Game of the Day". Schnyder took a break at the start of the first set, but had to equalize the opponent and did not find the recipe afterwards. Schnyder has been in the top 200 of the world rankings over the past three years (2011-2015), playing with great success at ITF tournaments, but the breakthrough on the WTA Tour # & ## Is no longer a success. [19659007PattySchnyder(Image:AnthonyAnex/Keystone)”/>
Patty Schnyder. (Photo: Anthony Anex / Keystone)
Golubic (WTA 110) failed on his 36-place ranking opponent worse on his own nerves: In both series, she led 5-2 – in the first set even with two breaks in advance. In the first set Golubic offered two balls (at 5: 3), in the second five, three in a row (at 5: 2 and 40: 0) and two at their own service (at 5: 3). However, Eugénie Bouchard, who had already beaten Timea Bacsinszky in the first round, again equalized 5: 5.
The second tie-break was thrilling: Bouchard led 6: 1, Golubic was 6: 6 and 7: 7 but still balance. The Canadian, Wimbledon finalist in 2014 and number four in the world four years ago, took advantage of her seventh point of the match.
Golubic missed a quarter-final for the first time since last autumn (semi-finalist in Linz). In the first round of the 6: 3, 6: 2 victory over Antonia Lottner Golubic had for the first time since Linz on the WTA level survived another round. Two years ago, Golubic celebrated its only tournament victory at the WTA Tour in Gstaad.
As expected, Conny Perrin, who had surprisingly beaten in qualifying for the round of 16, is also inclined. The 27-year-old from St-Imier defeated top seed Alizé Cornet (WTA 48) in 64 minutes 3: 6, 3: 6. Perrin was in their fourth loss in the fourth bout with a top-50 delay. In the first set he was after eleven minutes 0: 3, in the second after twelve minutes even 0: 4 from the point of view of Switzerland. Three months ago, Perrin lost 6: 7, 6: 7 in the WTA Stuttgart qualifier against Cornet. This time, the Jurassien only got six matches.
