15:20
Putintseva – Maria 4:6, 1:0
You can still rely on the German service and with a rate of 78% Maria gets a lot of free points. When the score is 40:15, the underdog hits the felt ball with his frame and the ball ends up out of bounds.
15:17
Putintseva – Maria 4:6, 0:0
Maria opens the second set with a beautiful stop ball. For Putintseva, losing the first round is apparently still working, and after the Kazakh woman’s mistakes, the 38-year-old athlete has her seventh and eighth break points. Putintseva makes the first strong stop. On the next point, the German made an unusual unforced error with his backhand. Then the Kazakh once again demonstrated her good skills and after several attacking balls, which Maria finally returned, she was finally able to prevent the break with another stop-winner.
15:11
Conclusion of the proposal
Tatiana Maria wins the first round with a score of 6:4 against Yulia Putintseva and takes a big step towards the second round. A roller coaster ride followed from the German’s outstanding start as the 38-year-old again relinquished the lead with a double break but kept her composure and was again on hand to help the Kazakh serve. Putintseva is still too inconsistent in her serve and continues to lose patience with the Germans.
15:08
Putintseva – Maria 4:5
The German can now close out the first set on her serve and starts with a strong serve to the outside. The second net attack also works, Maria increases the score to 30:0. The first serve is now fully set and Maria takes the first set point directly with a forehand winner from half court.
15:06
Putintseva – Maria 4:4
We are slowly entering the decisive phase of the first movement. The Kazakh woman enters the serve game poorly after a completely unsuccessful stoppage. One more small mistake, and Maria will immediately be able to create a chance for the next break. The 31-year-old hit a forehand out of bounds to hand the German three break points. After a long and tense game, in which the German woman repeatedly came out of defense, the Kazakh woman finally made another mistake. Putintseva returns serve for the third time this round.
15:02
Putintseva – Maria 4:3
The German leads 15-0 after a penalty point on her first serve. After a backhand that stuck in the net and another free point from a serve, the score quickly became 40-0. Putintseva again cuts the shot, but then the veteran snaps and forces the Kazakh woman to make a mistake in attacking the goal.
14:57
Putintseva – Maria 3:3
Now everything is fine again. Maria lost her two-break lead and is now even further behind. The Kazakh makes fewer mistakes, remains more patient and has the opportunity to take the lead for the first time after Maria’s backhand shot found the net. Putintseva distributes the ball well and hits a difficult volley behind the net.
14:53
Putintseva – Maria 2:3
Once again, the underdog stays awake as the Germans attack the goal, moves well and fires the next cross past the German. After a forehand that was too long for Maria, the Kazakh woman again had three break points. The 38-year-old athlete returns the first strong serve, but Putintseva, after a long rally, intercepts the second: the ball in the corner forces Maria to make a mistake with a forehand.
14:48
Putintseva – Maria 1:3
The Kazakh woman wants to take control of her own serve and goes to the net twice in succession. With the score 30:0, the German attacked again and made another dream goal behind the net from half the field. But an outsider always tends to quickly lose patience. After a mistake at 30:40, the 31-year-old suffered another smaller emotional outburst, but was able to prevent another break, at least for the time being. Putintseva then distributes the ball well and receives the ball with a winning cross from the right, making it 2-3. Maria gets to the goal, but her volley is not enough, Putintseva is able to get past the German again, and then loudly celebrates her first victory of the game on her serve.
14:42
Putintseva – Maria 0:3
So far everything is going according to plan for Maria, who is now again under pressure on her serve after an unforced error and a strong net attack from her opponent. This happens very quickly, and at 0:40 the 38-year-old footballer also makes a double fault. This means the underdog gets a break.
14:38
Putintseva – Maria 0:2
The German again attacks her opponent’s serve and approaches the net. The first volley is perfect, the Kazakh can no longer reach the felt ball. The 31-year-old then responded with a serve and a volley to level the score at 15 minutes. Putintseva is already struggling with her nerves and makes double mistake number three. The Kazakh is clearly unhappy and gives Maria another break point with another forehand error. Putintseva now tries to keep her rallies short and is again playing well on serve and volley. After this, Maria again dictates the course of the game, attacks with a razor-sharp blow and finishes the attack with a shot on goal. Breakthrough chance number three for the German. The 31-year-old made her debut again, but immediately afterwards had to struggle with losing her serve again. Maria finally finishes a long cross from the left with a perfect stop against Putintseva’s direction. Double break for the German!
14:30
Putintseva – Maria 0:1
The German fights off a break chance with a good first serve, hits the net again at deuce and goes past her opponent again. With an outside kick and a backhand into the open corner, Maria also saves the second break ball. The outsider’s forehand is now going better, giving her a third break chance. The German made a wonderful stop and finished the serve with the first ace.
14:27
Putintseva – Maria 0:1
For the German, who played right into her opponent’s head, everything started out in the best possible way. The Kazakh’s return error and another forehand error led to a quick 30-0 score in favor of the 38-year-old. Then, for the first time, the Kazakh was able to successfully apply pressure with a forehand, went to the net and completed the winning cross from the forehand, making the score 30:15. Putintseva is playing better now and is showing really good tennis with her stop-throw combination. The two athletes then make a great prank with lots of slices. Maria was finally able to force her opponent to make mistakes with large angles and received the first ball. The 38-year-old attacks with a good backhand, but is passed by Putintsva, who then even gets the first break point with an excellent stop.
14:22
Putintseva – Maria 0:0
Yulia Putintseva starts the game with the first serve and immediately commits her first double fault. The Kazakh then dominated the following rallies, but immediately felt the first nasty cuts from the Germans. After a simple unforced error, the 31-year-old girl has to go straight to a deuce. Maria is moving well, but Putintseva remains patient. The German gets stuck in the net on her first attempt to stop the ball for the Kazakh player, but makes another double fault. The underdog’s first serve has not yet come, and hitting the net gives Maria her first break ball: The next unforced error gives Maria her first break.
14:11
Mary’s advantage?
In a head-to-head comparison of the two players, the score is 4-2 in favor of the Kazakh, who has won the last four meetings, but the two have never faced each other on grass.
13:58
Putintseva as an outsider
After being eliminated from the French Open in the second round, Yulia Putintseva played only one match on grass before Wimbledon, but the 31-year-old was defeated by Britain’s Alicia Dudeney 1-6 to 3-6 in the first qualifying round in Nottingham. Therefore, the current shape of the Kazakh lawn is not easy to assess. However, the world number 84 probably arrived at Wimbledon with significantly less confidence in herself.
13:45
Maria got her lawn in perfect shape on time
After Tatiana Maria’s grass season got off to a less-than-optimal start, the 38-year-old is well prepared for her favorite Grand Slam tournament, just in time for her third Grand Slam of the year. The move to green initially began with setbacks for the veteran, who had to defend his 500 world ranking points at the London tournament after his title last year. After losing in the 1/8 finals to world number two Elena Rybakina, she fell out of the top 100. In Nottingham, the grass specialist managed to make it into the top eight, where she had to admit defeat to the eventual winner of the tournament, Marie Bouzkova. Further improvement followed at Eastbourne, reaching the final without dropping a set. After two hard-fought sets, Maria had to admit defeat to Madison Keys, but thanks to the final points she returned to the top 100 and was therefore well prepared for Wimkedon.
13:38
Let’s start with the holy lawn
Hello and welcome to the first day of Wimbledon 2026. The first round match of Tatiana Maria against Yulia Putintseva is scheduled for 14:00. on Court 14. The start of the game is likely to be delayed slightly and depends on the outcome of the third set in the clash between qualifiers Mochizuki and Basing. The Japanese leader won the first two rounds and led 1-0 in the third.