Angelique Kerber made the impossible and fought back from a set down to beat Caroline Wozniacki and triumph with the title of the Stuttgart Grand Prix on Sunday – 26 / 04 / 2015. Kerber, ranked 14th in the world, completed a memorable week where she managed to beat top seed Maria Sharapova and 6th seed Ekaterina Makarova in previous rounds.
The German, 27, went through hell but recovered to beat world number 5 Wozniacki, 24, 3-6 6-1 7-5.
It is a 2nd straight title, and the 5th of her career, for Kerber, after she won in Charleston a couple of weeks ago.
“I am completely done here, empty. I gave everything I had and the crowd just carried me,” she said. “I had to fight until the very end and I could not have done it without this crowd.”
Dane Wozniacki, a former world number one, eased past the German in the first set before her game unravelled in the second.She failed to close the match out having broken serve in the final set, allowing Kerber to take the title on home soil in just over 2 hours.
Kerber had reached the final with a 6-3 6-1 semi-final win over American Madison Brengle, while former world number one Wozniacki beat Simona Halep. Halep, who has won three titles this year, levelled but quickly fell two breaks behind again in the third as Wozniacki went 5-1 up. She saved 3 match points but could do nothing in the next game as Wozniacki clinched victory after two hours and 58 minutes.
World number 14 Kerber had already overcome top seed Maria Sharapova and sixth seed Ekaterina Makarova in previous rounds.
Kerber’s final success makes her the 3rd German winner of the competition.
“I felt good right through until the end,” said Denmark’s Wozniacki. “I love these long matches and if I can run a marathon, then I can play in great games like that.
“We needed nearly three hours and that would be a pretty good marathon time.”
Stuttgart final: Kerber takes down Wozniacki
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