Kerber has been here before and recovered and, as a player whose career has been a triumph of self-belief, few would be willing to write her off entirely. She often relies on the woman on the other side of the net to lose matches rather than winning them herself. Even in Monday's defeat, Kerber made 24 unforced errors to Mladenovic's 43.Ī relatively defensive style, combined with her speed across the surface, is designed to grind down opponents but those qualities can mean she has little in the way of a plan B when she is being overpowered.
She's far from the fastest server in the women's game, isn't overly comfortable at the net and will often hit less winners than her opponent but, crucially, will usually make significantly fewer unforced errors. Kerber's success has been built on making the most of her talent. The key to defeat was not that I have no coach," she said, before adding that "I don't know yet" when asked whether she will get a new coach. The head of German women's tennis went further: "She wouldn't have lost the match with a coach," Barbara Rittner insisted.īut in a nod to the stubborn and relentless baseline rallyer she is at her best, Kerber would not be bowed. All top 10 players have a coach at their side," said German tennis grandee Boris Becker on commentary duties for Eurosport on Monday. "I cannot understand that she played here without a coach. By November, she'd hired compatriot Rainer Schüttler, but he was dismissed last month and Kerber is once again going it alone, an unusual state for top players.
But in October, Kerber announced that she had split with Fissette and would compete in the WTA Finals without a coach. That relationship seemed to be bearing fruit, with the Wimbledon win the highlight of a strong year.
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Her response two years ago was to part company with her long-serving coach Torben Beltz and join forces with former Belgian pro Wim Fissette, who counts Kim Clijsters, Simona Halep, Victoria Azarenka and Petra Kvitova among his former charges. After a spectacular breakout year in 2016, when she won her first two slams (Australian Open, US Open), picked up an Olympic silver and reached world number one, Kerber endured a difficult 2017, with the fourth round again the best she could manage. Confidence has often been a problem for the 31-year-old left-hander.
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