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London : Angelique Kerber is the first German woman to win Wimbledon for 22 years on Saturday, but she insisted that the seeds of her triumph against Serena Williams were sown during one season Miserable 2017
. Kerber was eliminated in the fourth round at the All England Club after a first-round exit at Roland Garros.
Another defeat in the first round at the US Open, where she was defending champion, contributed at the end of the year to 21 years old. His best ranking in six seasons.
Angelique Kerber beat Serena Williams 6-3 6-3 to win the event Women's Wimbledon 2018. AP
"I think that without 2017, I could not win this tournament," said Kerber, 30, after defeating Williams 6-3, 6-3
"I think I learned a lot year, with all the expectations, all the things that I have gone through.
"I learned so much about myself, about things, how to handle that. , how to make my schedule. "
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With coach Wim Fissette, who worked with Victoria Azarenka, Simona Halep and Kim Clijsters, she won the Sydney Jan title and semi-final at the Open of Australia and eighth at Roland Garros.
Saturday's victory was the third title of Kerber at the Slams – all after his 28 th anniversary.
She amazed Williams in the 2016 Australian Open Finale to claim his first Grand Slam title.
Six months later, she was vice-champion at Williams at Wimbledon before addi After her win at the 2016 Australian Open, she had played 31 Slams with races for the semi-finals at the US Open 2011 and Wimbledon 2012 representing its best performance.
Kerber, the first female champion of her country at the All England Club since Steffi Graf in 1996, admitted that her late career thrust was due to the fear of time elapsed.
But her confidence before Saturday, when she became just the second woman to beat Serena more than once in a Slam finale, was also supported by her late bloom.
"I am already 30. I have had so much experience over the years.I know the feeling of going there in the semifinals, in the final.
"I was already playing here in the final, so I knew what to expect, I think it also helps me to be a little relaxed today. "
Kerber, born to a German father and a Polish mother, also quickly recognized the influence of Graf, who won 22 Grand Slam titles including seven at Wimbledon.
" My first memories were watching Steffi here, winning matches in two sets.
"Everyone was playing white on the grbad, I think Wimbledon is something special."
"Winning here is forever."
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