Against a Thai player

Tagger Eliminated in the First Round at Wimbledon

Lilli Tagger(Bild: GEPA)

Lilli Tagger lost her Wimbledon debut to Lanlana Tararudee of Thailand 6-7(3), 7-5, 4-6 after 2 hours and 40 minutes.

For Tagger, the tournament continues only in doubles with Anastasia Potapova. The 18-year-old was neck-and-neck with Tararudee for much of the match—a player she had lost to 3-6, 0-6 in the third qualifying round of the Australian Open. After both players had two break points each early in the match, the first set went to a tiebreak after 58 minutes. In the tiebreak, the Thai player earned a mini-break to take a 4-3 lead and, seven minutes later, won 7-3.

Here are the match statistics:

In the second set, Tararudee was solid on serve for a long time and barely allowed Tagger—who kept taking the lead—to score any points. But at 6–5, the East Tyrolean got her chance and converted her first set point—after hitting 12 winners, all in the second half of the set—to level the score. The third set did not start as the ÖTV teenager had hoped. Francesca Schiavone’s protégé immediately lost her serve, and Tararudee pulled ahead 2–0.

When Tagger then lost her serve again to fall behind 0–3, the match seemed decided. Her opponent served strongly and dictated the rallies. At 1–5, Tagger rallied once more, saving a match point to break back and make it 3–5, then narrowing the gap to 4–5. But Tararudee then capitalized on her third chance to advance.