Angie to miss US Open after announcing she is pregnant
Angelique Kerber
by Marcin
1y ago
Angelique has announced that she is pregnant and will take a break from tennis for the next few months, including the upcoming US Open. The three-time grand slam champion will miss the tournament at Flushing Meadows, joking on Twitter: “I really wanted to play the US Open but eventually I decided that two against one just isn’t a fair competition.” “For the next months, I will take a break from travelling the globe as a tennis player but then again, I believe it’s for the best possible reason,” the 34-year-old added. “I will miss all of you.” “New York has often been a turning point in my care ..read more
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WIMBLEDON 2022
Angelique Kerber
by Marcin
1y ago
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Wimbledon: Angie stopped by Mertens in Round 3
Angelique Kerber
by Marcin
1y ago
Belgium’s Elise Mertens has beaten Angelique in straight sets on No.1 Court Friday. Angie made too many errors as she was beaten 6-4, 7-5 by Mertens, the No.24 seed. Mertens broke to love to take the first set in 33 minutes when Angie netted a backhand. When Angelique created three break points of her own to move ahead 4-3 in the second, it looked as if the momentum of the match might have changed. But the swirling wind seemed to disrupt Angie’s rhythm and the match ended when she netted a forehand – her 27th unforced error ..read more
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Wimbledon: Angie through in straight sets
Angelique Kerber
by Marcin
1y ago
No.15 seed Angelique is safely through to the last 32 at Wimbledon 2022 after a straight sets win over Poland’s world No.65, Magda Linette. Appearing in her 51st consecutive Grand Slam, Angie, the world No.19, followed up her first round victory over Kristina Mladenovic on Monday by winning 6-3, 6-3 for the 84th grass court victory of her career. Angelique, who battled past Linette in three sets during May’s title run in Strasbourg, triumphed in one hour, 25 minutes. Linette reached the third round on her past two visits to SW19 and did not face a break point ..read more
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London: Angie to play Linette in Round 2
Angelique Kerber
by Marcin
1y ago
Angelique held off a furious fightback by former Top 10 player Kristina Mladenovic before notching a 6-0, 7-5 victory and advancing into the second round of Wimbledon. Reported by WTA Staff In her 51st consecutive Grand Slam main draw appearance, No.15 seed Kerber took just over an hour to collect her 83rd match-win on grass in her career. Among active players, only Serena Williams and Venus Williams have more match-wins on grass than Kerber. Former World No.1 Kerber, who was a Wimbledon semifinalist last year and a runner-up in 2016, romped through the opening set in 16 minutes and took a com ..read more
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Bad Homburg: Cornet ends Angie’s title defense
Angelique Kerber
by Marcin
1y ago
Angelique will not defend her Bad Homburg title after she fell to France’s Alize Cornet in the quarterfinals on Thursday. Angie lost 6-4, 2-6, 6-1 to Cornet, but still leads her on head-to-heads, 4-3. Angie showed some great form in the first and second rounds of the tournament, beating her opponents in straights sets and dropping just 9 games. It’s now time to go to London where the third Grand Slam tournament of the year begins on Monday. Angie has already played Wimbledon 14 times and won it in 2018, beating Serena Williams in the final ..read more
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Paris: Sasnovich stops Angie’s winning streak
Angelique Kerber
by Marcin
1y ago
Angelique’s winning streak snapped at seven after she lost to Aliaksandra Sasnovich of Belarus 6-4, 7-6(5) in the third round of the French Open Friday. Sasnovich lost to Angie in three sets last week during the latter’s title-winning run in Strasbourg, but she didn’t need to go the distance to reach the fourth round of a Grand Slam for a second time in her career. Broken to start the match, and twice in the second set, Sasnovich recovered each time.   ..read more
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French Open: Angie holds off Jacquemot
Angelique Kerber
by Marcin
2y ago
Despite battling for 3 hours and 16 minutes to win the Strasbourg final over Kaja Juvan four days ago, and then for 2 hours and 28 minutes to hold off Magdalena Frech in the first round here, Kerber is still going. The former World No.1 extended her winning streak to seven matches, though will be relieved to have come through in 2 hours and 4 minutes after withstanding a valiant comeback attempt from 19-year-old Jacquemot in the second set. Kerber had successully smothered the Frenchwoman’s game to take a 6-1, 2-0 lead, keeping a lid on Jacquemot’s intermittently impressive shotmaking with gre ..read more
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Angie saves 2 MP; reaches 2nd round
Angelique Kerber
by Marcin
2y ago
After a 2,5-hour and 3-set thriller, Angelique made it through to the second round of the French Open. This is her first 2nd round appearance in Paris since 2018. Two days after winning her 14th WTA title in Strasbourg, the former number one in the world defeated Magdalena Frech of Poland 2: 6, 6: 3, 7: 5. Angie was made to work hard for this win; she even saved 2 match points in the third set! The start of the match was delayed due to rain interruptions. Angie got off to a poor start and made 13 unforced errors in the first set alone. Angelique raised her level in the second set and then ..read more
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Angie outlasts Juvan to clinch Strasbourg title
Angelique Kerber
by Marcin
2y ago
Angelique captured her first clay-court title in more than six years after a nail-biting 7-6(5), 6-7(0), 7-6(5) triumph over Kaja Juvan in the Internationaux de Strasbourg final. Reported by WTA Staff In the longest Hologic WTA Tour singles final of the season thus far, three-time Grand Slam champion Kerber took 3 hours and 16 minutes to quell the challenge from World No.81 Juvan, who put up an incredible fight in her first singles final. No.2 seed Kerber, currently ranked No.22, earned her first title of the season and her 14th title of her career with the closely-contested win. Before this w ..read more
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