Julia Görges: Difference between revisions

Beginning her season at the [[2011 ASB Classic]] once again, Görges lost in the semifinals to eventual champion [[Gréta Arn]] 6-7(3), 3-6. At the [[2011 Australian Open]], she defeated [[Edina Gallovits-Hall]] 6-3, 4-6, 6-3 in the first round. In her second round match, Julia upset no. 20 seed [[Kaia Kanepi]] 6-4, 3-6, 6-4. Her third round match against the [[2008 Australian Open]] champion [[Maria Sharapova]] was a three-set battle, which Julia eventually lost 6-4, 4-6, 4-6. This is her best performance in a [[Grand Slam (tennis)|Grand Slam]] to-date, and she was rewarded by achieving a career-high no. 34 singles ranking on January 31, 2011. On February 5–6, she helped [[Germany Fed Cup team|Germany]] defeat [[Slovenia Fed Cup team|Slovenia]] in [[Fed Cup]] competition by clinching the tie with a straight-sets win over [[Maša Zec Peškirič]], her first career win in [[Fed Cup]] competition.<ref>[http://www.fedcup.com/en/news/articles/germany-overpowers-slovenia-in-maribor.aspx Fed Cup - Germany overpowers Slovenia in Maribor]</ref> Seeded no. 1, she then lost in the second rounds of [[Copa Sony Ericsson Colsanitas|Bogota]] and [[2011 Abierto Mexicano Telcel|Acapulco]]. Switching to hard-court, she then lost in the first round of [[2011 Monterrey Open|Monterrey]] to [[Ksenia Pervak]] 1-6, 5-7. She continued to struggle at the [[BNP Paribas Open]] and the [[Sony Ericsson Open]], losing in the 2nd and 1st round, respectively. In the [[Family Circle Cup]] in Charleston, however, she got back on track with a quarterfinal appearance on the green clay, losing to [[Elena Vesnina]] in three sets. Heading to [[Stuttgart]] for [[Fed Cup]], she won a rubber for [[Germany]] against [[Melanie Oudin]], whom she lost to earlier in Miami. Staying in Stuttgart for the [[Porsche Tennis Open]], she achieved her best Premier-level result by reaching the final, upsetting [[Samantha Stosur]] along the way and benefiting from the retirement of [[Victoria Azarenka]]. She became the first German to reach the final since [[Anke Huber]] in 19991996 and will make her top 30 debut. She is due to play world no. 1 [[Caroline Wozniacki]] in the final.