Hon held serve, then with her forehand winner, a Kerber double fault, and a forced backhand error, the Australian broke serve for a 2-0 lead.
Kerber immediately broke back, thanks to Hon mistakes outweighing the single winner. A double fault finished the game.
Kerber held serve to capitalise on the break and level the score, but then there were three successive breaks of serve, and the17th seed led 4-3.
A love game on serve extended the advantage to 5-3, Hon tending to rush her shots and errors resulting. Kerber finished the game with a backhand winner down the line.
Serving to stay in the set, Hon was all at sea, down 15-40 due to unforced errors. Another, off the backhand, donated the game to Kerber who was up a set 6-3.
Set two began with a pair of service breaks before Kerber held for 2-1.
Hon saved two break points in the fourth game, the first with a backhand setting up the overhead. The second save came from a backhand cross court winner.
Still, Kerber created a third chance with a forehand pass. Hon pulled a backhand wide and Kerber led 3-1.
At 2-5, and serving to stay in the match, Hon raced to 40-0, Kerber missing a high volley, then two forehands. The three game points vanished, the first with a Kerber forehand winner, the second with a Hon netted forehand and the third with a backhand failure. Another game point came and went before a backhand miss from Hon gave Kerber match point. It vanished with a Hon forehand winner.
A second match point arrived when Hon put a forehand long. Kerber was victorious once Hon pulled a forehand wide. 6-3 6-2.
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