2024-01-16 04:41:44
Damage, Angie!
Tennis star Angelique Kerber (35) is already out of her first singles tournament following an 18-month baby break. In the first round of the Australian Open, the former number 1 lost to the American Danielle Collins (30) following a very decent performance 2:6, 6:3, 1:6.
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The three-time Grand Slam winner made her debut at the turn of the year in the United Cup in Sydney, which she won with Alexander Zverev (26) and Laura Siegemund (35). By then she had already lost four of her five singles. Now the next defeat.
This isn’t surprising following all this time. The match practice is missing, that cannot be overlooked. Even the usual weak serve has not become a weapon. But as the playing time increases, your winning strokes get better and better. But she still lacks consistency and still has a lot of work to do.
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For a long time, her previous skills only flashed sporadically once morest the number 62 in the world. “I still don’t know exactly where I stand. The matches will help me find out,” she said before the tournament.
What remains is their fighting spirit. After the 2:6 in the first set there was a break in the first game of the second round. That doesn’t last long, but the mother of daughter Liana (11 months) steps up, conjures up incredible forehand shots and takes the second set 6:3.
Angelique Kerber will train at home in the coming weeks and then fly to the USA for the Masters tournaments
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At the moment it is Kerber tennis like it was in the best of times. “Come on now,” she calls to her box following the set ball. Her coach Torben Beltz (47) and mother Beata are sitting there, followed by national coach Barbara Rittner (50) with young talent Ella Seidel (18), who was eliminated on Sunday.
But this great second sentence seems to have taken a lot of energy – too much. After that, hardly anything works. Two quick breaks for Collins and following 1:52 hours the 2022 Australian Open finalist is in the next round.
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