Angelique Kerber retires: a German great

'Angie' bows out as a three-time grand slam winner who spent more than 30 weeks at World No. 1.

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00:00I didn't know it would be my last match, but of course you have it in your mind that it

00:15could happen.

00:16I really tried to enjoy every moment, but at the end I was also trying to, you know,

00:21fighting until the last point and this is what I did the last 20 years during my career.

00:30It has become a dream come true, I have achieved it, I have worked on it for so long,

00:45I have dreamed of playing against a Siberian in the final, which was something very special

00:49for me.

01:01For me it was really important to show also after my first Grand Slam in Melbourne that

01:07I can still win a few more.

01:09It's always important when I walk on court to give everything, it doesn't matter against

01:14who I'm playing and of course nobody has nothing to lose against me right now and the pressure

01:18is on my shoulders.

01:31I have to say now to win the third Grand Slam title and then Wimbledon, that's something

01:38special for me, it's the highlight of my career.

01:44I think for me it was the right decision, it feels right and I always said I will follow

01:49my heart when I make this decision.

01:51I announced it also with my team and with my family, they support me from the first

01:57second and everyone was telling me it is the right decision, if it's for you the right decision.