Angelique Kerber’s adorned tennis profession got here to an finish in dramatic vogue within the quarterfinals on the Olympics in Paris.
Kerber fell 6-7 (4), 6-4, 7-6 (6), to No. 6 seed Zheng Qinwen of China on Wednesday. Kerber fought off three match factors within the final-set tiebreaker earlier than Zheng secured the victory.
Keber, 36, introduced earlier this month that she can be retiring after the match.
The previous world No. 1 from Germany is a three-time main champion, profitable the 2016 Australian Open, 2016 U.S. Open and 2018 Wimbledon. Kerber received 14 total titles and spent 34 weeks because the world No. 1 participant. She returned to the tour this yr after being off for a yr and a half following the beginning of her first youngster.
Kerber defeated Naomi Osaka, Jaqueline Cristian and Leylah Fernandez on her path to the quarterfinals in Paris.
