Kerber looks to regain mojo on home soil in Stuttgart

Angelique Kerber aims to rediscover her mojo on home soil next week at the Porsche Tennis Grand Prix in Stuttgart, where she twice triumphed in 2015 and 2016.

“We players love this tournament. For us, it is something akin to an oasis of well-being on the WTA tour,” Kerber said. “This tournament has basically accompanied me all through my career. I was able to get lots of important experience there, experience that has done me a world of good. I learnt things even when I lost.”

The German hasn’t won a title since capturing her third Grand Slam trophy at the 2018 Wimbledon Championships. This season alone, she’s won just four matches in five events, including a first-round loss at the Australian Open.

‟No matter how well one practices, matches at tournaments are totally different,” she says. ‟I’m a player that needs lots of matches and tournaments. It has therefore been more difficult for me to find my rhythm this season.”

The southpaw—who estimates that the Australian Open two-week mandatory quarantine set her back by two months—is nonetheless grateful to be in a position she is in now.

‟Compared to most people that have to accept loads of restrictions in their day-to-day lives, we professional tennis players are in a very privileged position. After all, we can still go about our business,” she said. ‟We can feel lucky that there are organizers with the commitment and lifeblood necessary to stage tournaments in these times of crisis."