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London (dpa) – Angelique Kerber wants to meet the revenge of Wimbledon against Serena Williams a childhood dream, Julia Görges is not enough after her first Grand Slam final missed.
"I would have been happy with a win for Jule, because then a German would certainly have won," said Kerber after the defeat of 29-year-old Bad Oldesloerin in the semifinals.
The former World Premier Kerber meets Saturday (3 pm / CEST) as two years ago in the US American Serena Williams' final. With another masterpiece against Kerber 36 years old would triumph as the first German since Steffi Graf 1996 on the grass courts in London and carry on with their third Grand Slam title in the history of Wimbledon .
"I watched Wimbledon as a child, with Boris and Steffi, it was always my dream to play here when I was a kid," said the German number one, happy but not yet satisfied. "Now I'm in the final for the second time, which is certainly nice for the story."
Kieler, 30, won with a queen 6: 3, 6: 3 against the winner of the 2017 French Open, Jelena Ostapenko, 22 years after the last title of her idol Steffi Graf for the second time 2016 in the final. With his convincing consistency and patience, the left-hander played his experience with Ostapenko, a nine-year-old Haudrauf player. "Being here in the final still means a lot to me."
Her fingers crossed for Görges and for the first German women's final at Wimbledon since 1931 did not help after. The Bad Oldesloerin wanted after the missed surprise against Wimbledon winner Serena Williams and 2: 6, 4: 6, but knows nothing of the frustration. Motivated, she left her first Grand Slam semifinal. "It's just fun, I'm a bit of a ping-pong, I want to be as good as I can," said No. 13 in the world, having also lost the fourth bout with Williams. These are moments to play. I want to come back on the stage and do better. "She leaves Wimbledon" happy, proud, motivated ".
Kerber knows the most significant moments against Serena Williams meanwhile, for the reissue of the 2016 final, she seems ready. At that time, the double Grand Slam champion had shown a brilliant performance, but was still inferior to the years of industry leader of the United States. But when she retorted her Melbourne move in 2016, when she defeated Serena Williams in the Australian Open final, she would also defend a record that Graf and Williams still share. With his eighth Wimbledon title, Williams Graf would be suspended (7). "It's a whole new game," Kerber said.
Williams will also be able to claim her 24th Grand Slam title on Saturday as the only Grand Slam player to finish the all-time record of the Australian Margaret Court. "I like to watch them play, no matter what happens to me, it's an incredible motivation for me," said Williams about the rivalry with Kielerin. "It's going to be a grand finale again." After her two-set victory over Görges, she held up her fist, as if to show how much she kept her passion for tennis as a mother.
Kerber shone after their semifinal success against Ostapenko, in the stands embraced mother Beata and director Aljoscha throne. If Ostapenko hammered on the ball and hit to the right, the left-footer could do little. With its rhythm, the Latvian has caused some murmurs in the audience, but many mistakes have not remained. After 34 minutes, half was made. During a long second pass unilateral, Kerber was 5-1, 30-0 ahead. She had to shudder a bit, then she turned her second match point.
Görges was unable to successfully follow her against Serena Williams, the world's first. In addition to Kerber, Graf and Sabine Lisicki 2013 Cilly Aussem and Hilde Krahwinkel found themselves in the final, which played in 1931 against each other.
Görges wanted to absorb everything from his first Grand Slam semifinal. Williams showed him their best performance against them in the tournament so far. "If she plays like that, then she's in a class of her own," said the German boss Barbara Rittner . Görges gave everything, but against the powerful shots of her opponent, she found no recipe. "The difference was that with her experience, she knew how to win the match and I did not have the experience," she said.
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