Kerber upsets Serena Williams to win Australian title

“I was with one leg in the plane for Germany”, she said of almost going out in the first round.

Konta’s win makes her the first British woman to make a Grand Slam semi-final since 1983. After all, she won her last eight Grand Slam finals and hasn’t lost one of those in more than four years.

“I’m just happy. I have so many emotions it’s like insane”.

As Kerber celebrated her magical breakthrough, Williams was left to lament another opportunity lost after succumbing to suffocating pressure for the second straight slam.

“Even though I was super-excited, I just feel like now it’s even more exciting”. “I’m really honored to be in this final and to win it – my dream came true tonight”, said Kerber. The indications that there is a life beyond the court for champions was also evident as Andy Murray broke down after the final, while recalling a particularly tough two weeks due to family circumstances.

The American has been in imperious form at the season’s opening Slam, easily dispatching the likes of Maria Sharapova and Agnieszka Radwanska, but seventh seed Kerber believes she can spring a surprise.

Williams probably expected to win.

But Kerber built a 2-0 lead in the third set, and after Williams caught up to 2-all, Kerber raced out to a 5-2 lead. My whole life, I’ve been working really hard and I can say I’m a grand slam champion.

The 28-year-old German then played superb defensive tennis against the powerful Williams, scrambling to force her to play an extra shot that ultimately contributed to 23 unforced errors from the American in the first set.

If any one potential opponent could throw a spanner in the works for Williams, it would be Kerber, whose raking forehand and powerful serve can match the dominating Williams in the final. “I was just able to call my mom, my parents, my grandparents, and that’s it. So I have no idea”.

Kerber won’t have much time to catch up with her family, because on Tuesday she is to join the German team who are to take on Switzerland in the first found of the Fed Cup on the weekend.

“You know, I was not playing very good a year ago on the big tournaments”.

Angelique Kerber ruined Serena Williams‘ hopes of matching Steffi Graf’s Grand Slam haul of 22 major titles with a shock victory in the Australian Open final. This left Williams to lament the concession of her first set in this year’s championships. “She told me after that she’s really happy for me and that I really deserved it. So you saw that she is really, really a great person”. They will challenge me. It spelled the end of the road as Kerber held her nerve to win her first Grand Slam and collapsed to the floor in delight when Williams put another volley long. In speaking with the press later, the 34-year old took a moment to discuss her mortality in regards to her play.