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As Angelique Kerber was stumbling to defeat against big-hitting Russian Ekaterina Makarova, it seemed like the German was fulfilling every tennis pundit’s prophecy of her early exit. She was World No 1, the top seed at the French Open, but that meant little going into the Grand Slam on the back of the dodgy form she had shown on clay, and indeed this season. So when Kerber’s challenge duly fizzled out — 2-6, 2-6 in an hour and 22 minutes — there wasn’t even a ripple of surprise.
It was the first time in the Open era that a women’s top seed had been ousted in the first round.
Since the start of 2007, only two women, apart from Williams, have won a Grand Slam while ranked No 1 in the world — Justine Henin (2007 French Open and US Open) and Victoria Azarenka (2013 Australian Open) — even though nine others have held the top spot. In the same period, only one player, apart from Williams, has won two Grand Slam titles on the trot — Kim Clijsters (2010 US Open, 2011 Australian Open) — even though there have been a total of 15 other winners. Once they emerge from the pack, and become the hunted ones, they have found it incredibly difficult to live with it.In an interview, ahead of last year’s Wimbledon, Williams’ coach Patrick Mouratoglou told me: “It shows how difficult it is to confirm a good result. (Sam) Stosur, (Petra) Kvitova, Kerber won a Grand Slam but struggled a lot in the following months. What is important to understand, is how the pressure processes, how it enters in the players mind and blocks their aptitudes. Once a player wins a Slam, she becomes the one to beat, and she suddenly feels she has to perform, she is not allowed to lose. First of all, players usually need time to figure out how to fight against that pressure, how to deal with it, and most of the time they won’t find a way. This will dramatically affect their results.”
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