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5.35pm BST
Angelique Kerber holds on, saving a match point to force Brady to serve out the match. She saved the match point at 30-40 with a huge inside out forehand, then she followed it up with another forehand winner at deuce. From game point, Kerber found a big unreturned first serve to hold. Jennifer Brady leads Angelique Kerber at 6-1 *5-4.
5.31pm BST
The nerves have arrived for Brady, but so far she is enduring them. An incredible effort from the American to survive a topsy-turvy game, saving four break points to hold for 6-1 5-3 on Angelique Kerber.
After squandering a 40-15 lead, the pair descended into a long deuce game of break points and game points. Brady saved the first with a brutal forehand down the line winner. On the second, Brady found a big unreturned first serves in a row to scupper the danger. She finally held with an enormous forehand down-the-line winner after a long rally. One game away. Jennifer Brady leads Angelique Kerber 6-1 *5-3.
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