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Week 24- WTA500 - Berlin, Germany - Grass

HarryGem · County player

the addict wrote:
No singles entries (all in Nottingham !)
Tough start to their title defence
L16:- Tereza Mihalikova (SVK) / Olivia Nicholls (GBR) CR58 (29+29) v Elise Mertens (BEL) / Shuai Zhang (CHN) CR12 (4+8) [2]

Perhaps a good thing as it is stacked field. Especially in comparison to Queens. Berlin starting to become the main grass court tournament outside Wimbledon.

-- Edited by HarryGem on Saturday 13th of June 2026 06:39:23 PM

JonH · Tennis legend

HarryGem wrote:
the addict wrote:
No singles entries (all in Nottingham !)
Tough start to their title defence
L16:- Tereza Mihalikova (SVK) / Olivia Nicholls (GBR) CR58 (29+29) v Elise Mertens (BEL) / Shuai Zhang (CHN) CR12 (4+8) [2]
Perhaps a good thing as it is stacked field. Especially in comparison to Queens. Berlin starting to become the main grass court tournament outside Wimbledon.

-- Edited by HarryGem on Saturday 13th of June 2026 06:39:23 PM

Berlin and Halle alike. As Lambda said, the tax treatment makes the German events more attractive to the players

the addict · Tennis legend

L16:- Tereza Mihalikova (SVK) / Olivia Nicholls (GBR) CR44 (22+22) lost to Elise Mertens (BEL) / Shuai Zhang (CHN) CR12 (4+8) [2] 1-6 5-7

Lost the first four games,but managed to hang on for the rest of the match, although never looking like winning.