00:24 – Wimbledon – Wim Fissette, coach of Angelique Kerber: "A dream for Angelique as for me"

"It's a dream come true for Angelique as for me," he exclaimed. Wim Fissette was particularly happy on Saturday at the All England Club. The 38-year-old coach saw his protégé, Germany's Angelique Kerber (WTA 10), win for the very first time Wimbledon following a 6-3, 6-3 victory in the final against Serena Williams (WTA 181). On the Center Court, the 30-year-old German defeated the 36-year-old American to win the third Grand Slam title of her career after the Australian Open and the US Open in 2016. "Wimbledon is in my eyes the biggest tournament in the world and having won as a coach is something wonderful, "he told BELGA Saturday evening. "This is a tremendous success for both of us, and during this fortnight, Angelique has managed to put everything we've been working on together for the last six months – all the pieces of the puzzle have gotten intertwined, from good service to practice. Aggressive tennis at times of importance, we knew her defense skills, but Angie knew that she had to do more than throw back the ball if she wanted to go far, she had to play as well and she showed it against Osaka and Ostapenko were two very high-level games, which Serena may not have had, but today she was very strong from start to finish, and beat Serena in a final at Wimbledon. there's no better! "This is the fourth Grand Slam title as a coach for Wim Fissette, a great artisan in the second career of Kim Clijsters, with whom he won the US Open in 2009 and 2010, as well as the Australian Open in 2011. So, only Rol and-Garros, for him as for Angelique Kerber by the way. "We are not going to play clay tomorrow," smiles the Limburgian. "Roland-Garros is only in almost a year, but it is clear that it will be a challenge for her. this year, reaching the quarter-finals in Paris against Halep, when she confessed to me that she did not have any game plan on this surface, we'll see, but I think her career gave her confidence. two weeks have been wonderful and I'm looking forward to it, Angie will take a few days off and I hope this win at Wimbledon will give her even more motivation to get more titles, "he concludes. (Belga)

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