Angelique Kerber celebrated her 29th birthday with a shaky 6-2 6-7(3) 6-2 win over Carina Witthoeft at the Australian Open on Wednesday but the world number one will have much to ponder in her title defence once the candles are blown out.
Happy Birthday Angie! #Kerber continues her great run at Melbourne Park #AusOpen pic.twitter.com/T3SEV6DBdq
— #AusOpen (@AustralianOpen) January 18, 2017
The top seed opened nervously in a three-set grind against unseeded Ukrainian Lesia Tsurenko on Monday and again suffered a meltdown when cruising toward victory on a breezy day at Rod Laver Arena.
German Kerber squandered a 2-0 lead in the second set …read more
Source: Daily News & Analysis
