Angelique Kerber Makes Easy Work of Polona Hercog to Move on at Australian Open
It only took 2016 champion Kerber 72 minutes to dispatch Hercog.
MELBOURNE, Australia — Second-seeded Angelique Kerber is through to the second round at Melbourne Park with a 6-2, 6-2 win over Polona Hercog.
The 2016 champion needed just 72 minutes to beat the Slovenian player, saving all four break points she faced and winning four of five break points on Hercog's serve.
Kerber became the first German woman since Steffi Graf at the 1999 French Open to win a major when she beat Serena Williams in the final here three years ago.
