Lady luck has smiled on the young German this tournament. After breezing past American Lauren Davis in her opening round matchup, she faced the tough 12-seed Agnieszka Radwanska. Kerber took her to three sets and completed the upset 6–3, 4–6, 6–3.
She should have faced 20-seed Yanina Wickmayer for her third round match, but Wickmayer retired, leaving her to play Alla Kudryautseva. She had no trouble against the unranked Kudryautseva, beating her 6–3, 6–1.
Kerber should have faced 27-seed Lucie Safarova, but Safarova was upset by Monica Niclescu, again leaving an easy match for the German. Kerber easily disposed of Niclescu 6–4, 6–3 on Sunday, putting her in the round of 16 at the US Open for the first time in her career.
She will face the tough Flavia Pennetta in her next match.
Pennetta will likely spend her day off recovering from her hard-fought battle against Shuai Peng that lasted two and half hours.
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