Story highlights Kerber wins in three setsClaims second major in 2016Will be No. 1 in the rankings MondayIt was Pliskova's first grand slam final(CNN) Angelique Kerber beat Karolina Pliskova in a thriller, 6-3 4-6 6-4, to win the US Open and claim her second grand slam title of 2016. Indeed it has been a stellar year for Kerber, who opened her grand slam account at the Australian Open by defeating Williams, made the final at Wimbledon -- losing to Williams -- and won silver at the Rio Olympics last month. Kerber won most of the big points in the first set-and-a-half against the tall, powerful Pliskova, who was appearing in a first grand slam final. Kerber broke back for 3-3 before Pliskova -- who has a tennis playing twin sister -- cracked at 4-5, getting broken to love in a flood of errors.

Source: CNN September 10, 2016 22:30 UTC