Angelique Kerber wants to continue winning run ahead of Australian Open

Angelique Kerber

Former World No. 1 Angelique Kerber says she is looking for more confidence-boosting matches ahead of next week's Australian
Open after knocking Venus Williams out of the Sydney International.

The German overcame a first-set fade-out to beat the American second seed 5-7, 6-3, 6-1 yesterday and continue her 2018 revival.

The two-time Grand Slam champion remains unbeaten in six matches this year following last week's Hopman Cup mixed-teams campaign in Perth and now meets Dominika Cibulkova in Thursday's quarter-final.

Kerber started 2017 ranked World No. 1 but by the end of the season had slumped to 21, and she headed into the Sydney event ranked 22.

Now the left-hander is looking for a run of matches to further restore her confidence heading into the year's opening Grand Slam tournament.

"Yes, not looking back anymore. I'm happy how the year starts. I have been doing a lot of work," said the 29-year-old.

"I'm just looking forward to have a lot of matches before going to Melbourne, and now I have another one.

"Let's see how many I will get. But this is actually just a goal to playing matches and then going with a lot of confidence to Melbourne."

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