Wimbledon

Kerber’s first semi-finalist in Wimbledon

Patient and concentrated defeat Angelique Kerber, the Romanian Simona Halep and comes at Wimbledon in the top Four. The German decides to be a tight Match with an unusual first set.

It was tight, but it was deserved: Angelique Kerber has reached, for the second Time in her career, the semifinals of Wimbledon. The Australian Open champion won against the Romanian top player Simona Halep 7:5 and 7:6 (7:2). Kerber for the fourth Time at one of the four Grand Slam tournaments in the semi-final round. Wimbledon was so far the only Time in 2012.

Kerber, who had previously lost four matches against Halep in three, turned her first match ball. The German number one made it through the entire duration of the game, and at the crucial Moment points: in the first set when the score was 6:5 in the Tiebreak of the second set, you could clearly decide with 7:2.

Oddly, the first passage, in which there were nine Breaks. “I think we’re both at the Returns very well,” he tried to Kerber to explain the variety of the lost to win the game. “It was a close Match, very difficult. You fought well and a lot is moving” and praised the German your opponent. Kerber meets on Thursday in the battle for the Final direct debit on Venus Williams from the United States, which won with 7:6 (7:5), and 6:2 against the Kasachin Yaroslav Schwedowa.

Berdych completes the quarter-finals

In Detention, it has managed the Czech Tomas Berdych, the third round conqueror of the German Tennis-hope Alexander Zverev in the quarter-finals of Wimbledon. The Finalist of 2010 won the continuation of his match against his compatriot Jiri Vesely with 4:6, 6:3, 7:6 (10:8), 6:7 (9:11) and 6:3. The Match had been cancelled the evening before due to darkness after the fourth set. Berdych of the best Eight on Wednesday in the round of Frenchman Lucas Pouille.

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