Wimbledon champion Angelique Kerber loses in the season finale in Singapore, their second of three group games. Against their fear of opponent, Sloane Stephens, under the German too many errors.
Angelique Kerber missed at the WTA finals in Singapore to the semi-finals. In the last group match, Wimbledon lost to the winner of their fear of opponent, Sloane Stephens of the United States, after 100 minutes of smooth in two sets 3:6, 3:6. For Kerber, the dream, from the first German to Triumph at the season final since Steffi Graf in 1996 is thus, at least this year off.
Kerber continued, the US Open champion by 2017 with aggressive strokes from the baseline pressure and a lot of break balls drew up. During the 30-lent Year, but their first seven chances, took advantage of freezing your 25-year-old opponent of their few opportunities. In the second set, Kerber had in your 65. Match of the year against the always stronger end of the game, Stephens often at a loss. “What should I do?” she asked interim coach Andre Wiesler during an interruption. In total, Kerber ran into the long ball dominated the Match go to a lot of mistakes.
Only against Osaka won
Stephens, who won for the fifth Time in the series against Kerber, won the first place in the Red group and meet on Saturday in the semi-finals to the Czech Karolina Pliskova. As a group, second, the Dutchwoman Kiki Bertens against the Ukrainian Jelena Switolina. Bertens won against Naomi Osaka, the Japanese gave up when the score was 3:6 from your point of view.
The world ranking second Kerber, who lost in 2016, their only endgame-participation in the WTA Finals against Dominika Cibulkova from Slovakia, needing a win against Stephens, to reach the semi-finals. So their success remained on Wednesday against Osaka, the only one in Singapore. Stephens goes after Victories over Osaka, Bertens and now Kerber with a white vest in the round of the last Four.
sn/ck (dpa, sid)