BIRTHDAYS: Mike Yarwood, entertainer, 78; Donald Trump, United States president, 73; Sir Antony Sher, actor/writer, 70; Paul Boateng, former British High Commissioner to South Africa, 68; Will Patton, actor, 65; Paul O'Grady, comedian, 64; Boy George, singer, 58; Yasmine Bleeth, actress, 51;
Steffi Graf, former tennis player, 50.
And it took 30-year-old Angelique Kerber just 65 minutes to cash in on her erratic play with a 6-3 6-3 victory and become the first German women's Wimbledon winner since
Steffi Graf in 1996.
Summary: Johannesburg [South Africa], Nov 5 (ANI): German Tennis star
Steffi Graf believes that Serena Williams can "absolutely" surpass Margaret Court's Grand Slam singles title record with her comeback.
STEFFI GRAF (48) - German tennis superstar, who won 22 Grand Slam singles titles, including seven Wimbledon trophies.
The US Open winner is the first German woman to top the list since
Steffi Graf's last reign ended in 1997.
1988 German tennis player
Steffi Graf became only the fifth person to complete the Grand Slam, winning the four top women's tennis tournaments in the same calendar year when she beat Argentinian Gabriella Sabatini to win the US Open.
Seen as the next big German star after legendary
Steffi Graf, Kerber, however, continues to be her own self smiling, staying quiet and going about business as usual.
STEFFI Graf is backing fellow German Sabine Lisicki to follow in her footsteps and reach the Wimbledon final.
Dubai: Last year's losing finalist Julia Goerges wants to go one better at the Dubai Duty Free Women's Open this year, and helping this cause is a handful of German legends led by former world number one
Steffi Graf.
Date-Krumm lost to
Steffi Graf in the 1996 Wimbledon semi-finals and wishes she had been able to play that match under a Centre Court roof.