“We had flights here every day for them. Now we have to see how she gets away this evening so that she can be here tomorrow on Tuesday,” said national coach Barbara Rittner to “SID”: “Of course we need her, and not just in doubles, but usually also in singles.
Rittner clearly criticizes the scheduling of the relevant associations: “It is once again a tragedy that the players suffer because the ITF and WTA cannot coordinate better,” said the 50-year-old: “Brutal, really not over the years “You really have to clearly attack the leadership of the two associations.”
The Australian Ellen Perez, who together with the American Nicole Melichar-Martinez is the final opponent of Siegemund and her Russian partner Vera Zvonareva in Cancun, had already denounced a “date disaster” on X (formerly Twitter). Perez was scheduled to be in action for Australia on Tuesday, the first day of the Billie Jean King Cup. But that won’t be possible.
For Siegemund, who on Sunday evening became the first German tennis player since Claudia Kohde-Kilsch to reach the doubles final at the WTA finals 36 years ago, team captain Rainer Schüttler has hope despite the expected jet lag and exhaustion.
Rittner is in constant contact with the Swabian and praised her performance: “She rewards herself for all her energy, her ambition and her discipline and is an absolute role model for what you can get out of yourself.”
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