Angelique Kerber Lost after 16 games in the last round of the US Open. The 33-year-old 2016 championship winner had to admit that he defeated the impressive 18-year-old Canadian Leylah Fernandez and her in the thriller on Sunday 6:4, 6:7 (5:7), 2:6. Dream of temporary victory in the fourth Grand Slam tournament.
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Fernandez was once again proved to be the most feared.Montreal’s left-hander unexpectedly won the defending title in the third round Naomi Osaka Eliminated from Japan and now snatched an almost certain victory from Kerber in front of an excited audience in New York.
Instead of Kerber, Fernandez met Elina Switolina from Ukraine in the quarterfinals, and the top German player must go home.The opportunity for the Kerber coup was previously eliminated after Osaka and the world’s No. 1 were eliminated. Ashley Barty Significant increase. But the fearless Fernandez was too strong.
“It’s like being in a daze”
Kerber was warned to play against the WTA ranked 73rd, and Fernandez also announced a hot dance for the Germans. And she persisted. In the very close matchup in the first set, the score of the two reached 4:4, and then Kerber, as an experienced player, proved his nerves are better and cheered for the leader.
In the second half, she continued to advance the rhythm, took a break, and pulled the score to 4:1. The audience at the Louis Armstrong Stadium once again cheered the Canadian and looked forward to the excitement-this really should happen. Fernandez tied the score with great dedication in a high-level game, but Kober was also desperate in the cauldron-no luck in the end.
It enters the key third sentence. “She looks tired, a little tired,” Barbara Ritner said on the Eurosport microphone via Kerber. Fernandez proved that, as he did with Osaka, she can withstand a lot of pressure. “It’s like being in a trance, she has succeeded in everything,” Ritner said. Kerber had her chance, but had to leave the arena as a loser and won warm applause.
