(Reuters) - Angelique Kerber moved a step closer to turning a dream goal into reality with a hard-fought win over Barbora Strycova to reach the quarter-finals of the Western & Southern Open in a hot and humid Cincinnati on Thursday.
The Australian Open champion's 7-6(5) 6-4 victory over the Czech put the German world number two just three wins away from leapfrogging Serena Williams, absent from this event, at the top of the WTA rankings for a first time.
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