Kerber is two victories away from a second grand-slam title of the year and the possibility of wrestling the world No 1 ranking from Serena Williams. At the end of her post-match press conference, Germany’s Angelique Kerber explained what she liked about her national football team’s abilities. In doing so she would become the first German to win Wimbledon since Steffi Graf did so 20 years ago and ensure Serena does not match Graf’s tally of 22 grand-slam singles wins this week. “And then they win on penalties,” an Italian journalist added. Never write off the Germans.

Source: The Times July 05, 2016 19:52 UTC