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Kerber missed out on the finals in Miami

Angelique Kerber has missed the final match of the Tennis hard court tournament in Miami. In the semi-finals of the world subject rankings-third from the keel of the Belarusian Victoria Asarenka in two sets.

After exactly one hour and 33 minutes Kerber with 2:6 and 5:7 of your opponent had to bow to.

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Nemesis Asarenka

Asarenka is for the North German something like a fear opponent. For Kerber, it was the eighth consecutive for the seventh defeat in a meeting with Asarenka. Their only victory was succeeded two months ago, on the way to the Triumph at the Australian Open in the quarter-finals.

In the final of the 6.8-million-Dollar prize money event, two former Miami-profits in Asarenka and Svetlana Kuznetsova on the inside. Asarenka triumphed at Crandon Park in 2009 and 2011. Kuznetsova, who had defeated in the semi-finals Timea Bascinszky from Switzerland, was in 2006.

haz/qu (dpa, sid)