Angelique Kerber drills past Kai-Chen Chang into main draw – Toray Pan Pacific Open 2011
Qualifying top seed, Angelique Kerber of Germany squashed tenth seeded Taiwanese, Kai-Chen Chang with a breadstick to reach the main draw of the Toray Pan Pacific Open 2011, a WTA Premier 5 event held at the Ariake Coliseum in
Tokyo, Japan. She registered a 6-1, 7-5 victory over the 20-year-old Taiwanese to eye for the $2,000,000 prize money on Saturday.
Ranked 33rd in the Sony Ericsson WTA Premier rankings, Kerber breezed past the Taiwanese, ranked 119 spots below her, with a breadstick in one hour and twenty-five minutes. After displaying exceptional skills on their
first meeting, the German qualified for the main draw of this outdoor hard court event.
23-year-old German made quick in-roads and after fending off the only breakpoint came across, she cashed in on two out of four breakpoint opportunities to her advantage to earn a breadstick. She clobbered a lower first serve share
of 52 percent as compared to Chang’s 60 percent but registered a fabulous 67 percent win on it.
The flying German confidently marched into the final set and after exchanging three breaks, she converted another breakpoint chance to her advantage to seal the victory by winning seven games to five.
Kerber earned better stats this time as she formulated a higher first serve share of 67 percent as opposed to Taiwanese’s 50 percent and registered a convincing 53 percent win on it. Spicing the set further, the German saved eight
out of eleven breakpoints faced and capitalised on four out of ten breakpoint opportunities to her advantage.
Second seeded American Coco Vandeweghe will be joining the German in the main draw. She battled past her unseeded compatriot Abigail Spears two hours and six minutes on their first meeting to reach this spot.
Spears stormed into the opening set and despite failing to save the only breakpoint faced, she converted two out of seven breakpoint chances to her advantage to win the opener with a 6-4 victory.
The higher seed dug her way back in the track and after converting one out of six breakpoint opportunities to her advantage and saving both breakpoints came across, she bagged the equaliser by winning six games to four.
Vandeweghe kept momentum rolling into final set and after saving one out of two breakpoints faced, she capitalised on three out of five breakpoint chances to her advantage to pocket the decider with a 6-3 win.
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