Playing her first Grand Slam final, Angelique Kerber was calm and collected, with peaceful inner strength, and in combination with superb level of tennis the German managed to beat world No.1 Serena Williams, who had never before lost an Australian Open final and she played as much as six, including last year.
The defending champion opened the match by holding to love, but she dropped her following serve and Kerber was the first to go up a break, 3-1. However, we know that Serena needs some time to warm up and in the middle of the set the players were again even, 3-3.