tennis
Kerber reaches the round of 16 in Rome
The French Open can come: Angelique Kerber shows at the Masters tournament in the Italian capital that she has overcome her small dip in form. But now a difficult task awaits.
Kerber had already impressed in the previous rounds against the American Lauren Davis and the Russian Weronika Kudermetowa, who was number 17, and did not give up a single sentence. The three-time Grand Slam tournament winner is the last remaining German player at the clay court tournament, which is considered the last major test of form for the French Open in Paris, which begins on May 26th.
For Kerber, it is the first tournament since the Porsche Tennis Grand Prix in Stuttgart in April, when she failed in the first round due to health problems against the British Emma Raducanu. Afterwards she decided to take a short break to recover from the effects of a cold and to “do proper clay court preparation”. Kerber returned to the tour around the turn of the year after an 18-month maternity leave.