After a positive corona test in December, Angelique Kerber‘s participation in the Australian Open was on the brink for a long time. Now Germany’s best tennis player is in Melbourne – and presents herself thoughtfully.
Angelique Kerber has since been worried about her participation in the Australian Open due to her coronavirus infection and worried about possible long-term consequences. “I was happy that I had the vaccination. But of course you don’t know how it will go on and whether you will get Long Covid. Before that I was a little panic, not panic, but respect,” said Germany’s best tennis player in Melbourne on Friday.
The 33-year-old from Kiel tested positive in December and did not continue her preparation for the new season until after Christmas. “I’m fine again,” said the former number one in the world three days before the start of the Australian Open, but reported: “It was okay for me. I had a fever in the first few days and everything that goes with it, too no taste and so on. ” She does not know where she was infected.
In the meantime, she has had a thorough examination in Frankfurt and fortunately everything is okay, she said: “At first I didn’t know whether I could even manage Melbourne.”
Preparatory tournament canceled
The three-time Grand Slam tournament winner had canceled her originally planned start at the preparatory tournament in Sydney. Without match practice, she will start at the Australian Open, which starts on Monday, and has caught an unpleasant task for the first round in the Estonian Kaia Kanepi.
“Expectations are already relatively low,” said Kerber, who triumphed in Melbourne in 2016: “My goal is always the second week, but this year I’ll be looking from lap to lap like never before.”
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