{"id":94675,"date":"2021-07-03T14:11:12","date_gmt":"2021-07-03T14:11:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/?p=94675"},"modified":"2021-07-03T14:59:59","modified_gmt":"2021-07-03T14:59:59","slug":"former-wimbledon-champ-prevails-in-match-of-extremes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/?p=94675","title":{"rendered":"Former Wimbledon champ prevails in &#039;match of extremes&#039;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Former <a href=\"https:\/\/wwos.nine.com.au\/tennis\/wimbledon-andy-murray-eliminated-by-denis-shapovolov\/4e77cd15-d4cd-4fcd-9891-56a0c227858c\" target=\"\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" title=\"Wimbledon\">Wimbledon<\/a> champion Angelique Kerber completely turned her third-round match around after a rain delay to beat Aliaksandra Sasnovich 2-6, 6-0, 6-1.<\/p>\n<p>Kerber trailed 5-1 in the first set when play was halted for about 90 minutes, but she dominated her Belarusian opponent when the match resumed on court two.<\/p>\n<p>Kerber had geared up for <a href=\"https:\/\/wwos.nine.com.au\/tennis\/wimbledon-novak-djokovic-advances\/e59b5d64-08da-4e54-b7ab-05e4cbeb3f74\" target=\"\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" title=\"Wimbledon\">Wimbledon<\/a> with her first title in three years at the inaugural Bad Homburg tournament last week, before reminding the masses why it&#x27;s foolish to write her off on grass, producing an exceptional second set.<\/p>\n<p>The 2018 champion motored through Sasnovich, showcasing clinical tennis to hand her 27-year-old rival a bagel.<\/p>\n<p><img data-id=\"b2608b52-b491-4be7-972a-83c414347b6d\" src=\"https:\/\/prod.static9.net.au\/fs\/b2608b52-b491-4be7-972a-83c414347b6d\" alt=\"\" data-width=\"1396\" data-height=\"785\" \/><\/p>\n<p>A misfiring forehand by Sasnovich treated Kerber to a 3-1 advantage in the deciding set, before the 33-year-old upped the pressure and eventually finished with an ace to reach the final 16.<\/p>\n<p>Kerber is the only former women&#x27;s champion left in the draw.<\/p>\n<p>Sasnovich advanced from the first round when Serena Williams had to retire with an injury in the first set.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ColmBoohig\/status\/1411326553468948483\" rel=\"nofollow\" class=\"embed-social embed-twitter\" data-show-caption=\"false\" data-conversation=\"none\">https:\/\/twitter.com\/ColmBoohig\/status\/1411326553468948483<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong><em>For a daily dose of the best of the breaking news and exclusive content from Wide World of Sports, subscribe to our newsletter by<\/em><\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/login.nine.com.au\/login?client_id=wwos&amp;redirect_uri=https%3A%2F%2Fwwos.nine.com.au&amp;newsletter=true\" title=\"clicking here!\"><strong><em>clicking here!<\/em><\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div class=\"mh-excerpt\"><p>Former Wimbledon champion Angelique Kerber completely turned her third-round match around after a rain delay to beat Aliaksandra Sasnovich 2-6, 6-0, 6-1. Kerber trailed 5-1 <a class=\"mh-excerpt-more\" href=\"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/?p=94675\" title=\"Former Wimbledon champ prevails in &#039;match of extremes&#039;\">[&#8230;]<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/94675"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=94675"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/94675\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":94677,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/94675\/revisions\/94677"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=94675"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=94675"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=94675"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}