Germany's Angelique Kerber began her reign as world number one in imperious style battling past a determined Karolina Pliskova 6-3 4-6 6-4 to win the US Open final on Saturday and claim her second grand slam title of the year. The 28-year-old began the grand slam year beating Serena Williams to lift the Australian Open title and celebrated again on Saturday when she became the first German to win the US Open in 20 years. "I won my second grand slam in one year. "You cannot compare those two (Serena Williams and Kerber)," explained Pliskova. Kerber's loss of the second set was the first time the entire championship that she had dropped a set.

Source: dna September 11, 2016 01:41 UTC