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Angelique Kerber caps astonishing season with year-end No.1 ranking

After starting the year by winning her first Grand Slam title at the Australian Open, Angelique Kerber is set to finish 2016 on a high note, as the German is officially bound to end the WTA season at the No.1 ranking.

Displaying pure quality in the thrilling Australian Open final against Serena Williams, Kerber showed the strength of her tennis and character and later on continued to adorn her season with more extraordinary achievements, including the Wimbledon final, silver medal at the Olympics, the Porsche Tennis Grand Prix title in Stuttgart and most notably the victory at the US Open, following which Serena's WTA No.