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"Does she have the patience, endurance and perserverence" asks Boris Becker on comeback of Angelique Kerber in 2024
WTASunday, 26 November 2023 at 12:30
Former world number one Boris Becker believes Angelique Kerber’s success after her potential return will depend on a number of factors including patience.
The 35-year-old is set to return to the court after a gap of nearly two years as she was out of action because of fitness concerns and pregnancy. Becker, who is often termed as one of the greatest players from Germany to have played tennis, is excited to see his fellow countrywoman returning to the court but questions whether she will have the patience needed to succeed at the highest level.
"It's incredibly great news that the last German number one, the last German Wimbledon winner, is coming back," says Becker. "She is the mother of two children and played a fantastic US Open (a narrow three-set defeat in the round of 16 against the eventual winner Coco Gauff). So it's possible.
In any case, Kerber is at an age “where he can still do it physically.” The question, however, is: "Does she have the patience, does she have the endurance? Does she have the nerve to accept one or two defeats at the beginning in order to then have match practice with a view to the grass season?"
Kerber is a three-time Grand Slam winner herself and also reached the very top of the WTA rankings in September 2016. Her first major title at the highest level was the Australian Open in 2016 where she defeated the former world number one America’s Serena Williams in the final with a score of 6–4, 3–6, 6–4.
The same year, Kerber went on to win the US Open as well as she defeated Czech Republic’s Karolína Pliskova in the final with a score of 6–3, 4–6, 6–4. In 2018, the Bremen-born won the Wimbledon title after once again beating Serena in the final with a score of 6-3, 6-3.
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