Angelique Kerber: "It's crazy"

Posing with the Wimbledon Trophy: Angelique Kerber. Image: Neil Hall / EPO (July 14, 2018)

This day will be remembered in the future, this July 14, 2018. The day the long drought of the German title on the famous Church Road takes place. is finished. The day Angelique Kerber (30) also followed in Wimbledon's green tennis paradise in the footsteps of Steffi Graf: 22 years after the last triumph of the German sports surfer Kerber stormed Serena Williams (36) ) to a 6: 3 6: 3 victory and the throne in the All England Club.

There was a Royalen visit this Saturday of the Final – in the honorary box, the Duchess Kate and the Duchess Meghan – but the Queen on the Central Court was none other than the victor found, confident and confident, Kerber. That was, so to speak, the mother of all Kerber wins – against the new tennis mother Serena. "A dream come true, the biggest dream of all time, I've always worked for that win," said Kerber in the winner's interview. "I knew I had to play my best tennis. And that's what I finally did. "

The Impact on Immortality

Exactly at 6:22 pm, Kerber sank to the bottom of the central court, in tears, Almost unbelievably, what exactly happened at that time was – namely the coup in immortality, as the first winner of the German Grand Slam at Wimbledon in this century. is quickly hastened to hug and hug the deserved winner who, two years after the last game here at Wimbledon Lawn, had now turned destiny and beat the best player of the time. there was no stop Kerber, she went up the stairs until her box, squeezing the trainer W im Fissette and mother Beata – it was the culmination of his difficult and not always straightforward career in professional tennis – the culmination of a career that almost ended in Wimbledon seven years ago after a first-round defeat by Laura Robson. Kerber then stretched the Venus Rosewater Trophy in the blue sky above the center court five minutes after the match ball was shot, and she had received silverware from the hands of the club's president, the Duke of Kent. . And finally, Kerber had the place for himself alone, it was a symbolic moment in the ceremonies: Williams came out in the photographers' flashlights, and then Kerber posed solo with the main prize of World Ping, the winner's cup of Wimbledon. And then, with love, walked the bowl again – in a round of honor around the Center Court. Embraced, it seemed that she never wanted to give back the gift.

Two hours of waiting

Kerber and Williams had to wait a long time for their mission on the mythical main square of Wimbledon, for nearly two hours the rivals remained hooked. the pattern of waiting – due to the extension of the men's semifinal. But just as Kerber had been nervously strong, cool and over-focused throughout this tournament, she did not care so much about the tense situation. Only 20 minutes after the triumph came another moving moment for the German winner. And when she walked with the operational head of the All England Club, Philip Brooke, in the sumptuous lobby. There, where is the table of honor of the laureates and the laureates. Kerber and Brooke looked at the gallery of sizes, often there is also the name Graf. But tonight, at this minute, the 2018 Queen of Wimbledon name was already printed – Angelique Kerber. "It's crazy, I can not believe it," Kerber told Wimbledon's boss and was then on the balcony in front of thousands of fans celebrating. (All)