Sunnervik: ghosts chasing Serena Williams – Express

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Angelique Kerber did something very few people have done in the 2000s.

The 28-year-old beat Serena Williams yourself – and the ghosts will continue to chase the American.

We have seen this situation many times before.

Serena Williams, 34, and 21 Grand Slam titles, seems to bear half of humanity and its future survival on his shoulders when she plays her big games.

It’s like a full-fledged melodrama: disappointment, hope, despair, a little sadness – and all too often – a happy ending.

But not this time.

What happened?

Usually, we explain the With the world’s best women players ever put tripped up on himself. In its superiority on the tennis planet over, she is working situations and turn away themselves.

But not this time.

Angelique Kerber actually won the match – on their own.

German is one of the few players who can compete physically with Williams. With its huge acceleration in the left arm, she could stand against Williams in the rallies and win points by using the American power – and their own. She could use her left add easy points on serve and did not end up in constant shortness own serve game.

But above all, she showed tremendous mental strength.

She lifted her games in the deciding set. She lapped her tongue forehand with several drop shots that made an already confused Williams, to say the least, puzzled.

Gameplay-wise it was the best women’s final in Grand Slam contexts for many years.

And all this – when there were so many questions.

Angelique Kerber admitted that she was very nervous before the semi-finals.

Now she would go into her first GS-final – and it brought to mind the Wimbledon final in 2013.

You remember how the Kerbers compatriot Sabine Lisicki clapped together perfectly and shook the nerves and wept openly at the track?

It can actually happen. And viewed from the aspect – Kerber lifted her game in the deciding set and took up arms as she had previously been masked – growing her contribution even more.

Serena Williams, this is a real punch in the face.

The

great champion was two games from putting its golden Grand Slam last year – but criticized as “The Year disappointments” in the United States when she lost to Roberta Vinci in the semifinals.

She took five months off.

2016 would be the year that she finally won the four major tournaments when she would pass Steffi Graf’s 22 Grand Slam titles.

Now, smashed the first of the two dreams already in Melbourne.

You can not say anything other than a long break was Williams very expensive.

And all the ghosts – that seem to stalk her in the big matches – continues to haunt .

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Finally.

We usually talk about small margins?

Kerber was a point of going out in the first round of the Australian Open – against 64-ranked Misaki Doi.