Humor is important, even in sport.
Including when announcing both a package for an important competition and happy news.
Pregnant, Angelique Kerber indicated on social networks that she would not play the US Open which she had won in 2016, and whose next edition will stretch from next Monday until September 11.
I really wanted to play the @usopen but eventually I decided that two against one just isn'ta fair competition 👼🫶🏻🍼❤️ pic.twitter.com/Y6rRYOIUDR
— Angelique Kerber (@AngeliqueKerber) August 24, 2022
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"I really wanted to play the US Open, but I finally decided that [playing] two against one was not fair," tweeted the 34-year-old German, former world number 1.
Three Grand Slam titles to his name
Kerber has won three Grand Slam tournaments in her career: in addition to the US Open 2016, the current 52nd in the WTA rankings won the Australian Open 2016 and Wimbledon 2018.
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