Angelique Kerber is the German number one and won the US Open in 2016.
All games and news about the German tennis star in the live ticker.
Angelique Kerber
will be the German tennis hope at the
US Open
from August 31st to September 13th.
Kerber won the tournament in New York in 2016.
All games and news about the German tennis star in the live ticker.
New York -
Angelique Kerber
is the great German hope in the women's field at the US Open.
The Bremen woman knows how to triumph in Flushing Meadows and won the title in 2016.
The 32-year-old is taking part in
a Grand Slam tournament
in New York for the
50th time
.
Kerber at the US Open in the live ticker: Kerber wins German duel against Anna-Lena Friedsam
In the second round Kerber prevailed in the German duel against
Anna-Lena Friedsam
6: 3, 7: 6 and is now the last remaining German in the competition.
In the third round, the 32-year-old has to deal with the American
Ann Li
, * number 128 in the world.
For Kerber, it is the first tournament since the Corona break.
At the Australian Open at the beginning of the year, she failed in the round of 16.
"I have to say, I'm very satisfied, very happy that I'm in the third round," said Kerber at Eurosport: "I wouldn't have thought that a few weeks ago." The conditions with high humidity and the roof closed were extreme : "I don't know how many liters I've sweated out." The 22nd world ranking.
feels good, but doesn't want to look too far ahead: "I just try to enjoy everything."
đ @AngeliqueKerber pic.twitter.com/9ma1gm0r2S
- US Open Tennis (@usopen) September 2, 2020
Kerber at the US Open in the live ticker: successful duo Kerber / Beltz reunited
Since July Kerber has been working again with her old coach
Torben Beltz
, with whom she wants to build on past successes.
âWe spoke another language straight away,â reported Kerber: âIt was incredibly fun from the start.â 2016 was the duo's most successful year.
Kerber made his breakthrough by winning the Australian Open * and also won the US Open.
After that she was only the second German after Steffi Graf for 34 weeks at number one in the world rankings.
At the Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro, she won the silver medal.
The separation from Beltz took place at the end of 2017.
Without him, she won her third Grand Slam title at Wimbledon in 2018, but then had to struggle with many problems.
With Beltz as a trainer, Kerber wants to get back on the road to success.
Kerber could succeed in the big coup in Flushing Meadows after 2016, especially since the two best in the world rankings
Ashleigh Barty
and
Simona Halep
have canceled the tournament.
The number three in the world
Karolina Pliskova
failed in the second round.
With
Alexander Zverev
and
Jan-Lennard Struff
, two Germans are still in the race for
men
.
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