Kerber missed the Wimbledon final
Stand: 08.07.2021
Angelique Kerber misses the Wimbledon final
Angelique Kerber fails at Wimbledon in the semifinals to Ashleigh Barty. The German No. 1 had to admit defeat to world number one Ashleigh 3: 6, 6: 7. For Barty it is the first final in London.
The dream of a second Wimbledon victory is over for this year. Despite a comfortable lead in the second round, Angeqlique Kerber lost her semi-final against Ashleigh Barty in straight sets.
Angelique Kerber was unable to crown her grandiose lawn tennis season by making it into her third Wimbledon final. The 2018 winner lost to world number one Ashleigh Barty from Australia on Thursday 3: 6, 6: 7 (3: 7) – and still left the Center Court with a smile.
Kerber could not use a 5: 2 lead in the second set and had to admit defeat to her strongest opponent in the course of the tournament after 1:26 hours. After weaker months, however, little had indicated that the former number one in the world would move back into the semifinals of a Grand Slam tournament after three years.
A final greeting: Angelique Kerber waves to the audience after her end
Source: AFP / GLYN CHURCH
With the defeat, the 33-year-old from Kiel missed her fifth final at one of the four most important tennis events. In 2016 she won the Australian Open and the US Open and lost to Serena Williams at Wimbledon. Two years later, she succeeded in taking revenge against the American and the coup in the classic lawn.
“It’s incredible – it was one of the best tennis matches I’ve ever played. Angie made sure that I showed my best ”, praised Barty, who will face either the Czech Karolina Pliskova or the number two seeded Aryna Sabalenka from Belarus in the final in London this Saturday. After her success at the French Open 2019, 25-year-old Barty wants to win her second Grand Slam title and become the first Australian woman to win Wimbledon in 41 years.
Barty won the first set after 34 minutes
In front of the 15,000 spectators on Center Court, the briefly nervous Barty started with a double mistake and gave Kerber two breakballs, which remained unused. Then the current number one, who will remain so after the tournament, played her thoughtful game with a mixture of different basic strokes. A pass after a ball from Kerber brought Barty, who is only 1.66 meters tall, 2-0 shortly afterwards.
The third movement seemed within reach for Angelique Kerber
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In the fifth duel between the two, the Australian from near Brisbane sent Kerber into the corners, scattered undercut and short balls and served well despite her smaller body size. Kerber initially did not succeed in dictating what was going on himself, as planned. For 1: 3, the left-hander made her first game with her own serve nine years after her first London semi-final.
Kerber, meanwhile 28th in the world rankings, was now better in the game and still got a chance to break to 4: 5. But Barty showed playful class and strong nerves, fended off the chance on the net and deservedly secured the first round after 34 minutes.
But Kerber managed the break to 2-0 in the second set, for the first time a “Come on!” Rang out over the field under the cloudy sky, at 3-0 the North German clenched her hand into a fist and looked determinedly into her box for the longtime Coach Torben Beltz. Kerber managed a tight game to make it 5-2 because she was now able to put Barty on the defensive more often.
But instead of then equalizing with his own serve in the sets and fighting for a decisive third set, Kerber gave her service to 5: 4. Barty forced the tiebreak and was quickly 6-0 ahead. A slight mistake by Kerber at the fourth match point ended the game.
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