The German, 37, received a flood of congratulations from her peers on tour, including Belinda Bencic, who recently won the Abu Dhabi WTA 500 title as a new mom, and Monica Puig, who defeated Kerber in the final of the 2016 Rio Olympics and announced her own first pregnancy earlier this month.
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Kerber announced her first pregnancy ahead of the 2022 US Open, and missed all of 2023 on maternity leave. She returned to the sport in 2024, a season which became her farewell tour when she announced she’d retire after the Paris Olympics.
The three-time Grand Slam champion’s final tournament ended in the quarterfinals after a resurgent run that saw her beat Naomi Osaka and Leylah Fernandez, and then give eventual gold medalist Zheng Qinwen all she could handle in a thrilling three-set quarterfinal.
