St. Petersburg, April 23, Taras Barabash. Russian tennis player Lyudmila Samsonova admitted that she was pleasantly surprised by the reaction of the fans in Stuttgart during the match with the German Laura Siegemund. Samsonova defeated Siegemund in the quarterfinal match of the tournament in Stuttgart, the prize fund of which exceeds 610 thousand euros. The meeting ended with a score of 7:5, 6:3 in favor of the Russian woman, who is on the 31st line of the world ranking. «I knew that the match would be difficult, because Laura (Siegemund) plays at home. She has changed her game a lot. «So I had to be very careful. I tried to focus on my game. I'm getting in shape step by step. Let's see what we have achieved with the work in recent weeks. I am very satisfied. I imagined and thought that it would be worse for me, but the fans They received me wonderfully. It was incredible, very good,» said Samsonova, whose words were conveyed by the representative of the WTA.
