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Kerber stomps in Strasbourg

The German tennis player began her career on French soil with a victory over Diane Parry in two sets (6-3, 6-4).

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Angelique Kerber starts with a firm step in Strasbourg. The one who was number 1 back in 2017 and winner of three Grand Slams made her debut in French lands against the young Diane Parry, a tennis player with a hopeful future in the Gallic country. The German has put together a sublime performance to easily defeat her rival in two sets and certify her pass to the second round of the French tournament.

Kerber and Parry were meeting forces for the first time in their career. The tennis player from Bremen came to this tournament thanks to a wildcard from the organization and her destiny wanted her rival to be one of the jewels of Gallic tennis, the young Diane Parry. The gala is a tennis player with somewhat peculiar tennis, since she is one of the few who has a one-handed backhand on the women’s circuit and that is always difficult to face.

Kerber makes the first move

Kerber began the match showing a very high level from the beginning and making use of his greater experience against the young French tennis player. The powerful and flat shots of the German They were setting the pace of the match and soon he would get a break that in the end was decisive in the evolution of the first set. Kerber took control of the match thanks to her fast-break tennis that has served her so well in the past, and took the first set 6-3.

The German managed to impose her best game during many phases of the match, which reminded the best version of Kerber back in 2016 and 2017. Her flat tennis was taking its toll on a Parry who felt the pressure of playing at home against her people, and the German tennis player would take advantage of this to get ahead on the scoreboard again in the second set. But the young gala tennis player did not give up and broke his rival’s serve immediately afterwards to put the equalizer on the scoreboard in the second set. In a duel of styles (Parry’s one-handed backhand vs Kerber’s flat counterattack tennis) experience would end up playing a fundamental role in the course of the encounter, and KErber would not take long to break her rival’s serve to put the icing on the cake of a very good match by the tennis player from Bremen and thus certify her pass to the next round.

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