Refreshed Angelique Kerber relishing emotional return to Wimbledon’s grass
25 June 2019 - 14:29
London — Angelique Kerber was born on Germany’s Baltic coast, but for her Wimbledon feels like the green, green grass of home. Especially this year when she will walk back through the All England Club gates as defending champion.
It is not new territory for the 31-year-old former world No 1 who on two other occasions arrived for the start of a Grand Slam having won it the year before. But she has never experienced that at Wimbledon — the title she cherishes the most...
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