BUCHAREST - Australian Open champion Angelique
Kerber blasted her way past Simona Halep on Sunday to put Germany 2-1 up
in their Fed Cup World Group play-off away to Romania.
Germany's Angelique Kerber put her country 2-1 up in their Fed Cup play-off against Romania
In a superb performance, Kerber needed just 67 minutes to
seal her 6-2, 6-2 victory over Halep, who received plenty of vocal
support from the home crowd at the Sala Polivalenta Arena in
Cluj-Napoca.
"I tried to play aggressively and I succeeded in doing that. I carried out my match plan well," said Kerber.
"It was a tough match. Simona is a tough player. I am really
happy about my performance today. The atmosphere here is amazing and I
really enjoyed it."
Her team-mate Andrea Petkovic now has the chance to give the
visitors an unassailable 3-1 lead when she faces Monica Niculescu in
Sunday's second singles rubber.
It had finished all square on Saturday after Romania's
Halep, ranked sixth in the world, needed just under three hours to
secure her 6-4, 6-7 (5/7), 6-4 win over Petkovic after Kerber had beaten
Irina-Camelia Begu.
Germany are in the play-off after their 3-2 defeat at home
to Switzerland in February and are bidding to stay in the top flight, as
are Romania following their 3-2 loss to the Czech Republic.
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