Kerber’s swansong continues, defeats Fernandez
The German is competing in her last tournament before retirement
Angelique Kerber (Imago/Panoramic)
Angelique Kerber is not quite ready to bid farewell to tennis yet. Her retirement tour continues at the Olympic Games with a third-round win over Leylah Fernandez of Canada, 6-4, 6-3.
Her opponent in the last eight will be Zheng Qinwen, who beat Emma Navarro 6-7 (7), 7-6 (4), 6-1.
She is joined in the next round by another player set to step away from the court, the USA’s Danielle Collins, who beat Camila Osorio 6-0, 4-6, 6-3.
Collins will play either Iga Swiatek or Wang Xiyu in the quarter-finals.
Elsewhere, Slovakia’s Anna Karolina Schmiedlova beat fourth seed Jasmine Paolini of Italy 7-5, 3-6, 7-5.
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