Angelique Kerber had a couple of things to celebrate on Sunday. The German won her third career WTA title after defeating former top-ranked Ana Ivanovic of Serbia 6-4, 7-6 to secure the Generali Ladies Linz title and second, she’s officially qualified for the WTA Championships in Istanbul – securing the eighth and final spot for the prestigious event.
“At the end I was just focusing point to point and not thinking about the match points I already had,” Kerber said. “I was just trying to stay aggressive in the important moments and I think that was the biggest key to victory at the end. I’m really happy to win my first WTA tournament of the year here.
“Ana also played a great tournament and a great final. I’m just happy I could win the final today.”
Ivanovic believed that she had a lot of chances to turn the match to her favor.
“There were a lot of turnarounds from both sides, but she played better in the important moments,” Ivanovic said. “I feel like I had more chances but just didn’t use them. I hit some errors when I really needed the point. But it was a great match, and though it’s disappointing to lose in a final, I had lots of good matches this week and lots of good wins, and overall it was a very positive week for me.”
The doubles event was won by twin sisters Karolina and Kristyna Pliskova after they defeated top seeds Gabriela Dabrowski and Alicja Rosolska.
