Angelique Kerber broke her negative series shortly before the start of the French Open.
The three-time Grand Slam winner beat France’s Diane Parry 6:3, 6:4 at the WTA tournament in Strasbourg and reached the round of 16. The 34-year-old from Kiel had previously failed in her first matches in Miami, Stuttgart and Rome.
Against the 19-year-old world number 96. However, Kerber took over the command on the sand she didn’t love so much and finished the first set confidently after 40 minutes. The former number one in the world stayed tuned in the second round and deserved the sense of achievement. Katharina Hobgarski and Yana Morderger had previously failed at their opening hurdles.
Kerber, on the other hand, can continue to gain match practice before the French Open, the second Grand Slam tournament of the year, from which she was eliminated in the first round for the past three years. Her next opponent in Strasbourg is Alijaksandra Sasnowitsch.