Yay for this one… The first of the semi-finals at the 2016 Volvo Car Open in Charleston will be a tantalising match-up between the number one seed and defending champion, Angelique Kerber and the number seven seed, Sloane Stephens. Kerber produced a classy display to defeat a fatigued Irina-Camelia Begu, 6-2 6-3. The Romanian player was impatient…
Boom… an Australian Open rematch is set between the top two players in the WTA Race to Singapore, Angelique Kerber and Victoria Azarenka. The semi-final will be played at not before 9pm in Miami on Thursday night. Azarenka is proving super tough to beat right now; in her 20th win of the year, the Belarusian was clutch…
A potentially cracking quarter-final is on the cards for Wednesday when Angelique Kerber and Madison Keys play each other at the Miami Open. Kerber has endured a tricky spell after winning her first Slam at the Australian Open, but looks to be back in contention in Miami, scoring her first wins on the WTA tour since January. Kerber fended…
The seeds in the bottom half of the women’s draw open their Miami campaigns on Friday… hallelujah for the Easter Bank Holiday Weekend so no work and more time to watch tennis! :-D. This post covers tricky openers for the highest seeds in the bottom half including Angelique Kerber v Barbora Strycova and Garbiñe Muguruza…
Angelique Kerber will play just her second WTA tour match since winning the Australian Open on Saturday, going up against the steadily improving, Denisa Allertova in Indian Wells. Allertova laid down her credentials with a thumping 6-0 6-1 victory over fellow Czech, Petra Cetkovska on Thursday. The match lasted just 41 (!) minutes and Allertova was very impressive.…
This post covers previews for two second round matches on Tuesday at the Qatar Total Open in Doha featuring the two highest ranked German players; Angelique Kerber who plays Saisai Zheng and Andrea Petkovic up against Margarita Gasparyan. 1. Angelique Kerber v Saisai Zheng (Doha, R2) In her first WTA tour match since winning the Australian Open,…
I am going to keep this brief, for now at least, because I really am struggling to process what just happened. Australian Open 2016 Final… Angelique Kerber d. Serena Williams, 6-4 3-6 6-4 Angelique Kerber is a Grand Slam champion… Has it sunk in for you yet?! Angelique Kerber needed to play the match of…
While Serena Williams will be contending her 26th Grand Slam singles final on Saturday in Melbourne, her opponent, Angelique Kerber, will be playing her very first. It all could have been so different… in her very first match of the tournament, Kerber was on the brink of defeat, staring down a match point against…
The second of the Australian Open semi-finals will produce a first time Grand Slam finalist with the number 7 seed, Angelique Kerber going up against Johanna Konta. While she was the higher seed, Kerber went into her quarter-final match against Victoria Azarenka as the underdog with a 0-6 head-to-head deficit and a recent loss in…
Angelique Kerber and Victoria Azarenka were the clear favourites to reach the quarter-finals from the third quarter of the draw and while upsets have been aplenty in this Australian Open draw, the form book has held true. Kerber was first into the last eight with a 6-4 6-0 victory against fellow compatriot, Annika Beck. Kerber battled…
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