Angelique Kerber ends six-year wait for clay court title in Strasbourg

STRASBOURG (France): Former world number one and three-time

Grand Slam

champion Angelique Kerber won her first claycourt title in more than six years with a marathon win over

Kaja Juvan

in the

Strasbourg final

.


In the longest

WTA final

of the year, the 22nd-ranked German won 7-6 (7/5), 6-7 (0/7), 7-6 (7/5) in 3 hours and 16 minutes against the world number 81 from Slovenia.

It was 34-year-old Kerber's first title of the season and 14th of her career. Her last clay trophy was in Stuttgart in 2016.