Angelique Kerber in the relegation round

"I also played the finals last year in Prague and will be there again. In good as well as in bad times," announced the 34-year-old Kieler on Easter Monday in Stuttgart. "I'm always proud to play for the country, also this time. Maybe we have a little bit luck this time."

On Friday and Saturday, the German ladies lost 1: 3 in Kazakhstan and thus missed the qualification for the finals of the Nations Competition, which formerly called Fed Cup. On the 11th and 12th of November, the team plays against the descent from the top group. The opponent is still open.

Kerber also trains in Stuttgart with shaker

Kerber has after the two tranned defeats in Kazakhstan at the Hall tournament in Stuttgart a difficult first-round task against the Number Five Estate Anett Contacteit in front of him. "I feel so good. I do not really have so really Jetlag, that fits everything," said German number 1.

As for a few days before the tournament in Indian Wells, Kerber trains in Stuttgart with the German ladies team boss Rainer Schüttler. The cooperation was planned for this tournament. "I'm trying to continue this here what we started in Kazakhstan," said Kerber, who traveled this season without a firm trainer.