Dee ihe na-aga n'ihu maka paragraf a - Kerber bidoro oge 2018 ya na ọbịbịa mbụ ya na Hopman Cup
, ebe ya na Alexander Zverev rụkọrọ ọrụ. O merighi mmeri n'asọmpi ndị otu ya ma nyere ndị otu ahụ aka ịbanye na ngwụcha ebe ha meriri Switzerland. Kerber gbasoro ihe ngosi ahụ site na aha mbụ ya n'ihe karịrị otu afọ, na Sydney International na-esote. Iji banye na ngwụcha, ọ gafere Lucie Šafářová na Venus Williams, na-echekwa akara egwuregwu megide nke mbụ, iji ruo nkeji iri na ise ebe ọ meriri Dominika Cibulková. Ọ haziri asọmpi mmeri na onye otu ya bụ Ashleigh Barty mgbe ọ gafere Camila Giorgi. N'ebe ahụ, o meriri onye Australia ahụ n'otu setịpụ iji nweta akara ugo nke iri na otu ya. Na Australian Open, Kerber nke iri abụọ na otu gara n'agba nke anọ site na mmeri ya na Anna-Lena Friedsam, Donna Vekić na onye bụbu onye nke mbụ n'ụwa Maria Sharapova, ha niile n'usoro ziri ezi ma hapụ ihe karịrị egwuregwu anọ n'otu set. N'ebe ahụ, o meriri Hsieh Su-wei na setịpụ atọ iji banye na nkeji iri na ise nke abụọ ya ebe a, ebe o meriri Madison Keys. Na ọkara ikpeazu, ọgụ megide ụwa No. 1, Simona Halep, ha abụọ nwere akara egwuregwu abụọ na setịpụ nke atọ mana ọ nweghị onye gbanwere. Egwuregwu ahụ mechara kwụsị 9 na 7 na nke atọ, na Halep na-achị. Mgbe oge okpomọkụ Australia siri ike, Kerber laghachiri n'elu 10 ọzọ, họọrọ ụwa Nke 9.