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Kerber covered this handicap three times against Brengle. Even last year when she lost the first set. Kerber played an awful match tactically, was too passive, and had numerous errors. But losing one game in the second and the third set showed the difference between these two. Earlier last season in Stuttgart, Brengle only had four games, after two big wins by the American (Garcia, Kvitova). They've faced each other in Brisbane this year, too, and Brengle had three games. What's the difference? Everything Brengle can do, Kerber can do much better. Also, Kerber was saving herself against Doi in the first round here. But, top players can play one or two bad matches on a tournament, now a whole series. That's what the difference is between these two. Reaction against Dulgheru in the second round was really good. Truth be told, Kerver didn't cover this handicap, but she also said she played better than in the first round, and there's still room to get better. Where else can she do that but against a player she's beaten convincingly three times already? Brengle passed Coco and Larsson, the first one has a bad serve, the second one had over 60 errors. She outplayed Larsson tactically, but that's what Kerber will be doing to her today. She showed it in Brisbane, leaving Brengle with 43% first points serve, and only three games. Today's match is even more important, it's Grand Slam, and Kerber will very likely boost her game compared to the first two rounds. With an approach like that one, Brengle won't fare much better than she did in Brisbane.