Sports Telegram Angelique Kerber made it “impossible”. In her first grand slam final win over German world number one and 21-fold Grand Slam winner Serena Williams 6-4, 3-6, 6A ???? fourth
Angelique Kerber has defeated Serena Williams once before, in Cincinnati in 2012. That she would stop the American big favorite in Melbourne was a victory and a sensation of a completely different caliber.
She became the first German Grand Slam champion since Steffi Graf in 1999 and the left-handed German word road to the top has been long. Once at their life’s biggest match, she showed that she can play tennis at the absolute top level. When she broke the Williams serve until 2-1 in the first set, she showed that she would be to reckon with. Kerber won the set 6-4. Two German double fault helped Williams to 3-1 in the second set, which she won 6-3 after a very strong game.
Come back
But Kerber had the strength to come back. She broke to 2-0 in skiljeset and again in the long sixth gamete, Williams dropped after saving four game balls.
And at line 5-4 took Kerber be on his first match point in American sconce serve as Williams hit one for a long volley. Kerbers victory was a fact after just over two hours of high-quality games on Rod Laver Arena, and she lay down on her back and put her hands to her face as if she realized what she had done.
One touched Kerber thanked the many, not least
– In my first match I had a match point against me, and one leg on the plane to Germany, said a captured Kerber.
– I took the second chance to reach the final against Serena. Winning is a dream come true. Now I can say that I’m a Grand Slam champion and it sounds really crazy.
Acclaimed by Williams
Serena Williams celebrated his overpowering opponents:
– Angie, congratulations, said the 34-year-old American woman. You did it so well. You really deserved to win. You played the best game of the tournament. I’m so happy for you and I hope you are enjoying this moment.
The victory brought the 28-year-old Kerber from sixth to second place in the world rankings, behind Serena Williams. But on Saturday it was Kerber who was the premier.
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