the German
Anjelica Kerber in the final
Australian Open played American Serena Williams with the score 6:4, 3:6, 6:4. the 28-year-old native of Bremen became the second representative of Germany which has won on tournament of a series of "Grand Slam" the Open era, since 1968.
Earlier this achievement obeyed only to Steffi Graf's
, in which asset 22 titles at the competitions Grand Slam.
the final of tournaments of "Grand Slam" among the German tennis-players was reached by Helge Nissen-Mastoff, Silvia Hanika, Anke Huber and Sabina Lisitski. Source:
"Championship"