Kerber's Grand Slam comeback hits Collins roadblock in Australia / Photo: David GRAY - AFP
-
India's Hindus bathe in holy river defiled by pollution
-
French parliament approves bill to rein in tourist rentals
-
UK sanctions Russia-backed Wagner group successor Africa Corps
-
Jones changes six for Japan's Test against France
-
Championship side Coventry sack manager Robins
-
Dupont back to skipper France against Japan
-
Germany's Scholz under pressure to call early vote after coalition collapses
-
Pharma giant AstraZeneca says China chief detained
-
Man City's Ortega receives first Germany call-up
-
French lawmakers back bill to tighten Airbnb regulation
-
PSG 'Free Palestine' banner has no place in football: French minister
-
Israel strikes Hezbollah's main bastion in Lebanon
-
Europe wants ministers at plastic pollution treaty talks
-
Nissan announces 9,000 job cuts, slashes sales forecast
-
Banks, beaches and boom times: four facts about Mauritius
-
Mozambique deploys soldiers ahead of planned protests
-
Most stocks rise, bitcoin hits record as traders weigh Trump 2.0
-
Biden to address Americans after Trump storms back
-
Celtic's Furuhashi called up for Japan's World Cup qualifiers
-
Japan PM to boost defence alliance with 'very friendly' Trump
-
South Korea president says 'not ruling out' direct weapons to Ukraine
-
2024 'virtually certain' to be hottest year on record: EU monitor
-
Thai court clears woman over deadly 2015 shrine bombing
-
Curry outduels Tatum in Warriors win, Nuggets roll Thunder
-
US and China must 'get along', Xi tells Trump
-
China export growth beats expectations with October surge
-
Doris has mindset to meet Irish captaincy challenges
-
Uncertainty looms for Germany after Scholz coalition collapses
-
Israel strikes Lebanon after discussing 'Iranian threat' with Trump
-
Curry outduels Tatum as Warriors down Celtics
-
Irish face All Blacks in rematch of World Cup thriller
-
Ethiopia's famed honeybees make slow recovery from war
-
Europe seeks footing as Trump storms back to power
-
Equities swing, bitcoin hits record as traders weigh Trump 2.0
-
Superstar Dupont returns 'better than before' for France's November Tests
-
Scandal-hit Samoa 'miss opportunity' with November Tests absence
-
Crespo out as Al Ain coach, months after Champions League glory
-
Trump has vowed sweeping tariffs: What comes next?
-
US Fed rate cut plans likely unchanged by Trump victory
-
Thriving scorpion population is stinging problem for Brazil
-
King, Carty tons as West Indies thrash England
-
Ottawa to shut TikTok's Canada offices, says app can still be used
-
Raygun retires from breaking after 'upsetting' Olympic backlash
-
Australia moves to ban children under 16 from social media
-
Brazil's Amazon posts lowest deforestation in nine years: govt
-
Record drought in Amazon impacts 420,000 children: UNICEF
-
Bolivia demonstrators announce 72-hour suspension of blockades
-
Ottawa to shut TikTok's Canada operations, says app can still be used
-
Harris gives defiant concession after stunning Trump win
-
US pollsters underestimate Trump support -- again
NYSE - LSE
| RBGPF | 100% | 63.17 | $ | |
| RYCEF | 1.08% | 7.38 | $ | |
| CMSC | -0.69% | 24.51 | $ | |
| SCS | 5.67% | 13.06 | $ | |
| AZN | -3.79% | 63.85 | $ | |
| RIO | -0.26% | 65.33 | $ | |
| BCC | 2.31% | 141.76 | $ | |
| GSK | -3.12% | 35.9 | $ | |
| NGG | -2.11% | 64.12 | $ | |
| VOD | -1.07% | 9.31 | $ | |
| RELX | -0.42% | 47.71 | $ | |
| BTI | 0.51% | 35.64 | $ | |
| BCE | -0.35% | 28.74 | $ | |
| JRI | -0.15% | 13.25 | $ | |
| CMSD | -0.76% | 24.85 | $ | |
| BP | 0.66% | 30.16 | $ |
Kerber's Grand Slam comeback hits Collins roadblock in Australia
Angelique Kerber's Grand Slam comeback ended with a whimper in the first round of the Australian Open on Tuesday as the new mum crashed out in three sets to Danielle Collins.
In her first major following an 18-month hiatus to give birth, the German fought hard but succumbed to the 2022 Melbourne Park finalist 6-2, 3-6, 6-1.
The unseeded Collins will now play world number one Iga Swiatek.
Collins broke three times in the first set, but three-time major winner Kerber bounced back.
The 35-year-old German saved two break points in the sixth game of the second set, then worked her own break point in the next game, with Collins double-faulting to put the German 4-3 ahead.
It was the glimmer of hope the 2016 Australian Open champion needed, racing through the next two games to level the match.
But Collins kept coming and got a decisive break in the third game of the third set, breaking twice more to romp home.
Reunited with longtime coach Torben Beltz, Kerber's return from pregnancy leave has been rocky -- she lost four of five matches at the United Cup before defeat to Collins.
mp/jw
Y.Aukaiv--AMWN