{"id":32261,"date":"2017-01-18T11:34:54","date_gmt":"2017-01-18T11:34:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/indiansportsnews.co.in\/?p=32261"},"modified":"2017-01-18T11:34:54","modified_gmt":"2017-01-18T11:34:54","slug":"kerber-celebrates-29th-birthday-with-victory-in-australian-open","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/indiansportsnews.co.in\/?p=32261","title":{"rendered":"Kerber celebrates 29th birthday with victory in Australian Open"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" alignleft size-full wp-image-31766\" src=\"https:\/\/indiansportsnews.co.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/Kerbertennis.JPG\" width=\"520\" height=\"346\" alt=\"Kerbertennis\" style=\"margin-bottom: 8px; margin-right: 8px; float: left;\" srcset=\"https:\/\/indiansportsnews.co.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/Kerbertennis.JPG 520w, https:\/\/indiansportsnews.co.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/Kerbertennis-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/indiansportsnews.co.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/Kerbertennis-150x100.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 520px) 100vw, 520px\" \/>Melbourne: World No.1 woman tennis player <a href=\"component\/tags\/tag\/1022-angelique-kerber\"><strong>Angelique Kerber<\/strong><\/a> celebrated her 29th birthday on Wednesday with a 6-2, 6-7(3), 6-2 victory against her compatriot Carina Witthoeft, securing her place in the third round of the <a href=\"component\/tags\/tag\/2261-australian-open\"><strong>Australian Open<\/strong><\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The German star battled relentlessly during the two hours and 10 minutes of the match to beat the world NO. 89, reports Efe.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Also read:&nbsp;<a href=\"tennis-news\/international\/43630-duan-to-face-venus-williams-in-third-round-of-australian-open\">Duan to face Venus Williams in third round of Australian Open<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I&#8217;m always playing on my birthday, and I have always (had my) birthday here in Australia,&#8221; the defending champion said after the match.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I&#8217;m really enjoying it. It&#8217;s like (I&#8217;m) at home here. I&#8217;m 29, so I&#8217;m getting older, but I think I will have a great day today,&#8221; she added, according to Tennis Magazine&#8217;s official website.<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, Canadian Eugenie Bouchard also made her way to the third round with a win over China&#8217;s Shuai Peng 7-6 (5), 6-2.<\/p>\n<p>Bouchard&#8217;s next opponent will be either American CoCo Vandeweghe or French player Pauline Parmentier.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" alignleft size-full wp-image-31766\" src=\"https:\/\/indiansportsnews.co.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/Kerbertennis.JPG\" width=\"520\" height=\"346\" alt=\"Kerbertennis\" style=\"margin-bottom: 8px; margin-right: 8px; float: left;\" srcset=\"https:\/\/indiansportsnews.co.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/Kerbertennis.JPG 520w, https:\/\/indiansportsnews.co.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/Kerbertennis-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/indiansportsnews.co.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/Kerbertennis-150x100.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 520px) 100vw, 520px\" \/>Melbourne: World No.1 woman tennis player <a href=\"component\/tags\/tag\/1022-angelique-kerber\"><strong>Angelique Kerber<\/strong><\/a> celebrated her 29th birthday on Wednesday with a 6-2, 6-7(3), 6-2 victory against her compatriot Carina Witthoeft, securing her place in the third round of the <a href=\"component\/tags\/tag\/2261-australian-open\"><strong>Australian Open<\/strong><\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":31766,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"tdm_status":"","tdm_grid_status":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[34],"tags":[5660,268,466,12894],"class_list":["post-32261","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-world-tennis-news","tag-angelique-kerber","tag-australian-open","tag-indian-sports-news","tag-tennis-news"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.0 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Kerber celebrates 29th birthday with victory in Australian Open - IndianSportsNews.com - Latest Updated Sports News &amp; 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