REUTERS: Angelique Kerber, who will reclaim the world number one ranking on Monday, breezed to a 6-2 6-1 second-round victory over fellow German Andrea Petkovic at the BNP Paribas Open on Saturday.Second-seed Kerber broke Petkovic to open the match and needed only 58 minutes to claim the victory in glaring sunshine in the California desert.” It was not so easy ,” said Kerber after the match.
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US beat Germany to advance to Fed Cup semifinals
CoCo Vandeweghe won the final 10 games to beat Germany’s Andrea Petkovic 3-6, 6-4, 6-0 on Sunday and give the United States an insurmountable 3-0 advantage in their Fed Cup quarterfinal match. The U.S. will host defending champion Czech Republic in the semifinal to be played April 22-23 at a site to be announced.
US Tennis apologizes for Nazi-era anthem at Fed Cup match
Germany’s Andrea Petkovic hits to Uniuted States’ Alison Riske in a Fed Cup tennis quarterfinal in Lahaina, Hawaii, Saturday, Feb. 11, 2017. The United States Tennis Association has apologized after an outdated version of the German national anthem that later became associated with the Nazi regime was performed before a Fed Cup match in Hawaii.
After anthem mistake, US leads Germany in Fed Cup
After an outdated stanza of the German national anthem was sung during the opening ceremonies, the United States took a 1-0 lead and was ahead in the other opening match in its best-of-5 Fed Cup quarterfinal Saturday. Alison Riske beat Andrea Petkovic 7-6 , 6-2, and CoCo Vandeweghe led Julia Goerges 6-3, 3-1 when rain halted play.
Roger Federer loses close match to Zverev at Hopman Cup
Roger Federer found himself overmatched _ just _ by a younger and stronger-serving opponent on Wednesday, losing 7-6 , 6-7 , 7-6 to 19-year-old Alexander Zverev of Germany at the Hopman Cup Roger Federer loses close match to Zverev at Hopman Cup Roger Federer found himself overmatched _ just _ by a younger and stronger-serving opponent on Wednesday, losing 7-6 , 6-7 , 7-6 to 19-year-old Alexander Zverev of Germany at the Hopman Cup Check out this story on USATODAY.com: http://usat.ly/2j39V5R FILE – In this July 8, 2016, file photo, Roger Federer of Switzerland returns to Milos Raonic of Canada during their men’s semifinal singles match at the Wimbledon Tennis Championships in London.