After winning Wimbledon in 2018, she now just needs to win the French Open to complete a career slam. The competition will be tougher with the emergence of Naomi Osaka, Sloane Stephens, Elina Svitolina and Kiki Bertens, along with world number 1 Simona Halep. Petra Kvitova, Caroline Wozniacki and Karolina Pliskova all form a group of players who are capable of making a deep Grand Slam run.
Speaking about Germany’s number one tennis player, Barbara Rittner - the head of women’s tennis at the German Tennis Association (DTB) told DW:
However, Rittner is confident about Kerber’s chances of defending her title in Wimbledon – as she begins to play under the tutelage of her new coach Rainer Schüttler. She split from coach Wim Fissette before the season-ending WTA Finals in Singapore, where she didn’t go through the group stage.
Kerber had become the first German since Steffi Graf in 1996 to win at the Wimbledon when she defeated 7-time champion Serena Williams in straight sets earlier in the year.
Known for her aggressive counter-punching all-court game, Kerber will look to complete her career slam and look to build on the success of 2018.
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