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Kerber ‘excited’ by challenge
- Updated: September 25, 2016
Angelique Kerber is relishing the challenge of being the new world No 1, when she opens her account at next week’s Wuhan Open in China.
Victory at the recent US Open moved the German to the top in the WTA ranking, while ending the 186-week reign of Serena Williams.
During 2016, the 28-year-old from Bremen won two Grand Slam titles – in Melbourne and New York – reached the final at Wimbledon and claimed an Olympic silver medal at Rio in August.
But rather than feel the pressure of defending her position at the top of the women’s game, Kerber is positively looking forward to it .
“I know that I have the pressure on my shoulders because now nobody has anything to lose against me,” she …
