Julia Goerges Lost in Dubai, But She Liked Her Performance

Written by: Resendiz on 27th February 2012

Julia Goerges Lost in Dubai, But She Liked Her Performance

epa01844167 Julia Goerges of Germany reacts as she plays Svetlana Kuznetsova of Russia during the second day of the 2009 US Open Tennis Championship at the USTA National Tennis Center in Flushing Meadows, New York, USA 01 September 2009. The Open runs through Sunday 13 September 2009. EPA/JOHN G. MABANGLO |

Julia Goerges went down fighting in the weekend Dubai final, with her 7-5, 6-4 loss to Agnieszka Radwanska anything but a bitter disappointment. In fact, the 19th-ranked German said she could not be more pleased with her week in the Gulf.

“I’m not disappointed, it was a big step in the right direction for me,” said the German who would have had to face world No. 1 Victoria Azarenka had the top seed not withdrawn injured before the start of the week.

“I was leaving everything on the court, so I don’t know why I should be disappointed about this week. Radwanska’s a Top 5 player, she’s been there for a long time.

“If you lose 5 and 4 in one hour 40, I think I shouldn’t be disappointed at all. It gives me a lot confidence to see, okay, those players are close to me, and, well, I can still beat those players.”

Goerges was seeking her third career title after winning her second last spring in Stuttgart on clay. “This is a good sign for me. I gave everything that I still had in my tank. At the end we both were pretty tired.

“It was about two or three points at the end. Still, I can be pretty proud of to this week.”

Topics: Agnieszka Radwanska, Julia Georges