Top seed Angelique Kerber knocked out of Australian Open by Coco Vandeweghe

Top seed Angelique Kerber knocked out of Australian Open by Coco Vandeweghe Coco Vandeweghe rounded off a day of shocks at the Australian Open with an electrifying display of power tennis to overwhelm Angelique Kerber, the top seed and defending champion, 6-2, 6-3. Kerber, who has endured a miserable start to the year after also losing early at warm-up events in Sydney and Brisbane, had no answer to the 35th-ranked American’s powerful serving and raking groundstrokes, and found herself on the back foot virtually throughout the one hour, eight minute contest. It was, at least, mercifully brief for the German, whose exit in the Rod Laver Arena followed the defeat of fellow world No1 Andy Murray to Mischa Zverev a few hours earlier on the same court. Vandeweghe has traditionally been seen as a player who blows hot and cold; this was very much a hot Coco. Summoning a level of consistency that has too rarely been seen, the 25-year-old bludgeoned down six aces and 30 winners to match her best previous showing at a major, a run to the last eight at Wimbledon in 2015. Along the way, her ebullient if intense disposition, all frequent smiles and raging zeal, afforded a stark and perhaps revealing contrast with the more sombre Kerber, who appears to be finding life at the top heavy going. Win or lose, the German seems a million miles from greeting any result with a casual shrug, as Vandeweghe did here. Please SUBSCRIBE to My Channel for Daily Videos Top seed Angelique Kerber knocked out of Australian Open by Coco Vandeweghe    • Top seed Angelique Kerber knocked out of A...