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LONDON – It was clear from the first match of Wimbledon's semifinal of Angelique Kerber how things were going to happen. She was not going to dictate or control much.
Instead, she would use a spectacular defense and a solid and stable game, while letting her opponent, Jelena Ostapenko, be the only one to determine the results of almost every point. 19659003] It worked. Kerber won his second final at the All England Club by avoiding too many mistakes and taking advantage of a seven-game race to take control of a 6-3 and 6-3 win over Ostapenko, seeded number 12, Thursday. [19659002"ThesearethetoolsforwhichIworkedinmyyouth"saidKerber"andanewcomertotheWimbledon"
Kerber is a former number 1 and two-time major champion, both in 2016 at the Australian Open and at the US Open. It was also the year when the German was a finalist at Wimbledon, losing to Serena Williams in the title match.
She could end up against Williams again: The 36-year-old American had to face No. 13 German Julia Goerges in the second semifinal on Thursday on the central court
Williams has won a winning streak of 19 games at Wimbledon. She has won the grbad tournament the last two times she's played it, in 2015 and 2016, before missing her last year while she was pregnant . Williams gave birth to a girl in September
. The left-handed Kerber was primarily a pbadive participant in the start against Ostapenko. This first match consisted of eight points: three were Ostapenko's faults, including a double fault to open the debates; the other five were winners, including a 100-mph ace to close the hold.
Five games in, Ostapenko led 3-2, and the numbers were still inclined towards her. She had 14 winners and 10 unforced errors, while Kerber had three winners and – that was the key – no unforced errors.
There were no points lost in the early starts, no long base exchanges, basically because Ostapenko allow this. The Latvian is playing an aggressive front line tennis brand that has brought her under the title of the 2017 France Open as a 20 year old player.
Kerber, on the other hand, is waiting his hour, working at the back of the field to recover everything. back on the net, often kneeling to be low enough to hit the shots.
Finally, Kerber's style reigned over the day. She participated in a half-hour race during which she took the last four games of the first set and took a 3-0 lead in the second. Ostapenko's shots were lacking and she became more and more frustrated, hitting a thigh after a failure or leaning forward and putting her hands on her lap after the others. By the time she made a comeback by falling 5-1 in the second, she dropped her racket and screamed.
It took Kerber two tries to win, breaking at 5-2. But unlike the quarterfinals, when she needed seven victory points to win, this time it only took two, the match ending on a forehand from Ostapenko who was pbading largely beside.
had many more winners, 30-10, but also many more non-forced mistakes, 36-7.
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