Kerber returns to Tennis in Cincinnati

The German number one meets at the tournament in Cincinnati in the first round on French Open Semi-Finalist Maria Sakkari from Greece. The event doped with a total of 1.8 million dollars serves to prepare for the US Open. The last Grand Slam tournament of the season, where Kerber 2016 brought the title, starts in two weeks in New York. The World Rank List 21. Had played with strong achievements during the lawn season this year again. Because of a thigh injury, she said a few days after Wimbledon but her participation in the Olympic Games in Tokyo. ## Petkovic fails in qualification Not at the start in Cincinnati is Andrea Petkovic. After her victory in Cluj, the Darmstädter failed in qualifying to Aliaksandra Sasnovich (Belarus).