Queen's champion Maria out in Bad Homburg first round
German veteran Tatjana Maria, who shocked tennis by winning the women's title at Queen's last weekend, came back down to earth with a first-round exit at Bad Homburg on Sunday.
In the last grass tournament before Wimbledon begins on June 30, Canadian Leylah Fernandez beat 37-year-old Maria 6-0, 7-6 (7-1) in warm temperatures at the event near Frankfurt.
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Maria had been 5-3 up in the second set, but a comeback was not to be.
Another German participant, Eva Lys, had to withdraw with injury from her qualifying round clash with Australian Ajla Tomljanovic.
Germany's tennis player Tatjana Maria in action against Canada's Leylah Fernandez during their women's singles round of 32 match of the Bad Homburg Open Tennis Tournament. Arne Dedert/dpa
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