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Germany's Kerber stuns Wozniacki to triumph in Stuttgart

File photo of Angelique Kerber (GER) in her match against Sloane Stephens (USA) during the BNP Paribas Open at the Indian Wells Tennis Garden. Mandatory Credit: Jayne Kamin-Oncea-USA TODAY Sports

BERLIN (Reuters) - Germany's Angelique Kerber came from a set down to outmuscle Caroline Wozniacki 3-6 6-1 7-5 on Sunday and win the Stuttgart Grand Prix for her second title of the season. Kerber, ranked 14th in the world, completed a memorable week where she beat top seed Maria Sharapova and sixth seed Ekaterina Makarova in previous rounds. "I am completely done here, empty. I gave everything I had and the crowd just carried me," she said in a courtside interview. "I had to fight until the very end and I could not have done it without this crowd." Dane Wozniacki, a former world number one, eased past the German in the first set before her game unravelled in the second. Wozniacki composed herself and a break at 4-3 in the third seed looked to have given her the edge in the indoor arena. But Kerber, clutching her bandaged right thigh, battled back to win three games in a row to go 6-5 up. Wozniacki saved three match points before the 27-year-old Kerber kept her cool to convert her fourth chance for her second title in a month after Charleston. (Reporting by Karolos Grohmann, editing by Pritha Sarkar)