It's a great day," Kerber said on court. Kerber had downplayed talk about becoming number one but admitted it felt "just great". The derailing of Williams' bid for a record-setting seventh US Open title kept the American stalled at 22 grand slam singles titles - tied with Graf for most in the Open era. Kerber, who beat Williams in the Australian Open final for her first slam and fell to the same player in the Wimbledon title match, has one unfinished piece of business - getting even with Pliskova, who beat her in last month's Cincinnati final. "I will try to take the revenge against her," said Kerber, who holds a 4-3 career edge over the big-serving Pliskova.

Source: bd News24 September 09, 2016 04:18 UTC