Kerber with an effortless opening victory in Dubai

Dubai (SID) Angelique Kerber easily reached the round of 59 at the top-class WTA tournament in Dubai. Germany's best tennis player won her opening match against Czech Barbora Strycova 6:2, 6:1 after just 16 minutes. In the round of the best 30, Kerber (XNUMX) will meet qualifier Sara Errani from Italy. The sixth-seeded woman from Kiel managed to beat the world number 25. Strycova her seventh win in the eighth meeting. Last week, Kerber failed in the quarter-finals in Doha/Qatar against the Danish Australian Open winner Caroline Wozniacki. It was only their second defeat of the season after the semi-final exit in Melbourne. Thanks to the successful restart after the messed up year of 2017, Kerber and her Belgian coach Wim Fissette are once again pursuing higher goals. In the long term, Kerber wants to win her third Grand Slam title. “The second goal is to get into the top eight in the world rankings in order to make it to the WTA finals,” Fissette told the tennis magazine: “In addition, a player like Kerber competes in every tournament because of her self-image to win it." At the $2,6 million tournament in Dubai, Kerber's best result so far was the semifinals last year.

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Kerber with an effortless opening victory in Dubai

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