<prompt> Pedzisa mutsara unotevera: Kerber akatanga mwaka wake wa2018 nekutanga kuoneka pa  <response>: Mukombe waHopman, kwaakashanda naAlexander Zverev. Haana kukundwa mumakwikwi ake ega ega uye akabatsira timu kuenda kumagumo kwavakarasikirwa neSwitzerland. Kerber akatevera kuita ikoko nomusoro wake wokutanga mukati megore rinopfuura rimwe, paSydney International inotevera. Kuti apinde mufainari, akapfuura Lucie Šafářová naVenus Williams, achichengetedza poindi yemutambo kurwisa wekutanga, kuti aite makwikwi ekupedzisira kwaakakunda Dominika Cibulková. Akagadzira mutambo wemakwikwi nemutambi wemba Ashleigh Barty mushure mekupfuura Camila Giorgi. Ikoko, akakunda muAussie mumaseti akarurama nokuda kwokutanga kwake 11 mubasa rake. PaAustralia Open, Kerber, uyo aiva wechi21 mumakwikwi aya, akapinda muchikamu chechina nekukunda Anna-Lena Friedsam, Donna Vekić uye aimbova mutambi wenhabvu pasi rose Maria Sharapova, vose vari mumaseti akaenzana uye vachirova mitambo isingapfuuri mina paseti. Ikoko, akakunda Hsieh Su-wei mumaseti matatu kuti apinde muchikamu chechipiri chemakota ekupedzisira, uko akakunda Madison Keys. Mumutambo we semi-final, vakatarisana ne world No. 1, Simona Halep, vose vaiva nemapoinzi maviri mumutambo wechitatu asi hapana akachinjwa. Mutambo wacho wakabva wapera 97 muchikamu chechitatu, Halep achikunda. Kutevera zhizha rake rakasimba reAustralia, Kerber akadzokera kumusoro gumi zvekare, akaiswa munyika nhamba 9. 