Kerber rocked by Kanepi comeback

World number seven Angelique Kerber became the latest seed to exit Wimbledon as she fell to a shock defeat to Estonia’s Kaia Kanepi on another rain-affected day.

Kerber rocked by Kanepi comeback

World number seven Angelique Kerber became the latest seed to exit Wimbledon as she fell to a shock defeat to Estonia’s Kaia Kanepi on another rain-affected day.

Kerber looked on course to make easy progress to the third round when she took the first set on Court Two and led 5-1 in a second-set tie-break, but world number 46 Kanepi hit back to defeat last year’s semi-finalist 3-6 7-6 (8/6) 6-3.

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