- Title: Former No.1 Kerber announces pregnancy, to miss U.S. Open
- Date: 24th August 2022
- Summary: STUTTGART, GERMANY (FILE - JULY 17, 2018) (REUTERS) VARIOUS OF KERBER WITH HER WIMBLEDON WOMEN'S SINGLES TROPHY MEDIA TAKING PHOTOGRAPHS AND FILMING / KERBER WITH TROPHY LONDON, ENGLAND, UK (FILE - JUNE 30, 2019) (REUTERS) VARIOUS OF KERBER SPEAKING AT NEWS CONFERENCE (NOT SOUNDBITES)
- Embargoed: 7th September 2022 14:50
- Keywords: Angelique Kerber U.S. Open pregnancy tennis
- Location: VARIOUS
- City: VARIOUS
- Country: Germany
- Topics: Europe,Sport,Tennis
- Reuters ID: LVA002037224082022RP1
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- Story Text: Former world number one Angelique Kerber is pregnant and will skip the U.S. Open, which starts in New York on Monday (August 29), the three-time Grand Slam winner from Germany said.
The left-handed Kerber, 34, last played at Wimbledon where she lost in the third round to Belgium's Elise Mertens.
She won her maiden Grand Slam at the Australian Open in 2016 before lifting the U.S. Open the same year to climb to the top of the women's world rankings.
Two years later she won the grasscourt major at the All England Club for her third major title.
"I really wanted to play the @usopen but eventually I decided that two against one just isn't a fair competition," Kerber said in a cheeky post on Twitter on Wednesday (August 24).
"For the next months, I will take a break from travelling the globe as a tennis player but then again, I believe it's for the best possible reason! I will miss all of you."
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