Angelique Kerber beats top seed Caroline Wozniacki in Stuttgart final

Stuttgart: Germany’s Angelique Kerber extended her winning streak to 11 matches with a three-sets win over top-seed Caroline Wozniacki to win the Stuttgart claycourt title on Sunday. Having knocked out three-time champion Maria Sharapova in the second round, Kerber recovered from losing the final’s first set to earn a 3-6, 6-1, 7-5 victory over former world number one Wozniacki.

 

“I fought hard until the end and drained all my reserves of energy,” beamed Bremen-born Kerber.The first set of Sunday’s final was all Wozniacki, who broke Kerber in the fourth game then held her serve to take a 4-1 lead before the set was eventually served out. The German rallied to control the second and also the decider to win the title clash.