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She is one of the numerous talented German players on the WTA tour, will be part of the Fed Cup semifinals this weekend, her name is Julia Goerges, and she has very kindly accepted to take some of her time to answer some of my questions 🙂 After two difficult seasons in 2013 and 2014, the player from Bad Oldesloe is back to a very good level in this new season and can have some good expectations for the upcoming tournaments. Indeed, The German always had great results on clay courts with particularly 2 titles in Bad Gastein and Stuttgart, plus a mixed doubles final at Roland Garros in Paris. And the clay season will start this weekend with the Fed Cup tie between Germany and Russia for Julia Goerges who believes that Germany can win this competition one day. Julia Goerges also talks here about her connected Babolat racket, what a typical day of her life on the tour looks like, and many other things like the possibility to practice biathlon one day 😉
First of all, how do you judge the first part of your season ?
The first part of the season was very solid and I had some good results, which brought me into a good position for the rest of the season.
The German Fed Cup team made it to the final last year and is now already in the semifinal this year… I guess you all have the secret goal to go one step further this year and complete the “Fed Cup mission” ?
Our goal is of course to win the Fed Cup one day. But we don’t put pressure on our team. We just try to do our best, and we have a very strong team, so there is a good chance to win the Fed Cup one day.
What looks like a typical day in Julia Goerges’s life on the WTA tour ?
There is nothing special happening 😉 If it’s a match day I am going to have a warm up with my coach before my match, doing some exercises with my fitness coach and physio, so then I am ready to go on the court. After the match I am going to Read more…