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Watch: Elena Rybakina’s classy act after beating Jule Niemeier in Stuttgart

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Elena Rybakina handled the business against Jule Niemeier in Stuttgart and afterward showed her classy side by praising the German’s trick shot.

On Wednesday, sixth-seeded Rybakina saw off Niemeier 7-5 6-3.

At the start of the fourth game of the second set, Niemeier pulled off a successful tweener on Rybakina.

“And especially tweener – I wasn’t ready – it was really nice from her,” Rybakina said after the match.

Rybakina on beating Niemeier

In the first set – no break points were seen until the 12th game – when Rybakina broke Niemeier in the critical moments to win the opener.

After winning a tight first set, Rybakina got broken in the first game of the second set.

However, Rybakina was able to turn around the second-set deficit as she broke Niemeier in the sixth and eighth games and complete a two-set win.

ā€œIn the second set, I was rushing a bit. It was a break straight away so it wasnā€™t easy. In the end I found my game, the serve helped me a lot. I think Jule played really well today, especially the tweener, it was really nice from her,” Rybakina said after the match, via The Tennis Letter.

Earlier in the day, fifth-seeded Cori Gauff was also in action.

For Gauff, it was a tough day at the office but the American managed to edge out 13th-ranked Veronika Kudermetova 6-2 4-6 7-6 (3).

“That was a close one. I had opportunities in that match. I mean, again, I’m not expecting an easy match. She’s been playing better and better each week. I think that I’m just going to have to keep that aggressive mindset, especially against her, someone who can come up with some big shots,” Gauff said.

In the Stuttgart round-of-16, Gauff will be playing against Anastasia Potapova.

Meanwhile, Rybakina will be taking on Beatriz Haddad Maia.

Rybakina and Gauff could potentially meet in the Stuttgart semifinal.