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Agence France-Presse

Women’s world number one Angelique Kerber was knocked out of the Australian Open on Sunday in a stunning upset by a supremely confident Coco Vandeweghe, as yet another big seed was sent packing early.
The German, defending a grand slam title for the first time, had no answers to the big-hitting American who powered past her 6-2, 6-3 on Rod Laver Arena to make the quarter-finals in one of the biggest wins of her career.
Kerber’s meek demise follows the early exits of women’s third seed Agnieszka Radwanska, fourth-ranked Simona Halep and sixth-seeded Dominika Cibulkova at a tournament that has been thrown wide open.
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Top-seeded Kerber was bidding to be the first woman to successfully defend an Australian title since Victoria Azarenka in 2013, but it all went horribly wrong against a player ranked 35.
“It’s really special, to play a number one player in the world on any stage and any round. So I think I believe this is my first number one win. I’ll take that,” said Vandeweghe.
“Last year I came here and didn’t win a match. Now here I am. It was just another opponent in the way of my goals for this year,” she added.
“I set a goal this tournament of making the quarter-finals and the semi-final of a grand slam this year.”
Vandeweghe, who made the Wimbledon quarter-finals in 2015 but had never been past the third round in Melbourne, now faces dangerous seventh seed Garbine Muguruza for a place in the last four.
Muguruza blasted into her first Melbourne quarter-final with a two-set thumping of Romania’s Sorana Cirstea.


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World No 1 Angelique Kerber knocked out of Australian open

Coco Vandeweghe celebrates after beating top seed and world number one Angelique Kerber at the Australian Open. Photos: EPA

epa05741549 Coco Vandeweghe of the United States (right) is congratulated by Angelique Kerber of Germany (left) after Vandeweghe defeated Kerber in a Women's Singles fourth round match at the Australian Open Grand Slam tennis tournament in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, 23 January 2017. EPA/MADE NAGI

epa05741539 Angelique Kerber of Germany reacts during her Women's Singles fourth round match against Coco Vandeweghe of USA at the Australian Open Grand Slam tennis tournament in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, 22 January 2017. EPA/FILIP SINGER

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Supremely confident American Coco Vandeweghe sweeps aside German 6-2, 6-3


World No 1 Angelique Kerber knocked out of Australian open

.css-1c6uqr6{color:inherit;font-weight:inherit;font-size:inherit;font-family:inherit;line-height:inherit;overflow-wrap:break-word;}Supremely confident American Coco Vandeweghe sweeps aside German 6-2, 6-3

Supremely confident American Coco Vandeweghe sweeps aside German 6-2, 6-3