Wimbledon 2021: Angelique Kerber moves into the quarter-finals with a two-set success over Cori Gauff
Angelique Kerber qualified for the quarterfinals of Wimbledon with a two-set win over Cori Gauff. ( Here you can read the match in the ticker ). On Tuesday, the German number one meets Karolina Muchova .
by Nikolaus Fink
last edit: Jul 05, 2021, 06:19 pm
At the beginning of the game between Angelique Kerber and Cori Gauff you almost felt like you had been put back on Court 18, on which there had been no less than 13 breaks in the fifth set between Karen Khachanov and Sebastian Korda : The first five games all went to the receiver , only then was Kerber able to play her serve for the first time.
After that, however, the key of the game should change, in the first movement there was no break after the fifth game. Accordingly, the opening section went 6: 4 to Kerber.
The Wimbledon winner of 2018 stayed on the trigger in the second round and made a break to 2-1. This should already represent the preliminary decision on the Center Court: Although Kerber came under pressure again and again with his own serve, Gauff could not find a way back into the game.
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After exactly 76 minutes of play, Kerber converted her first match point to a 6: 4 and 6: 4 success with an ace. In the quarter-finals, the 33-year-old now faces Karolina Muchova, who beat Paula Badosa 7: 6 (6) and 6: 4. Also in the round of the last eight is the Swiss Viktorija Golubic, who took Madison Keys out of the tournament in two sets. The 28-year-old will play against Karolina Pliskova in the quarter-finals .
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