Angelique Kerber crashes out of the Internazionali BNL D'Italia second round

World number one and top seed Angelique Kerber suffered an unexpected defeat to Estonian qualifier Anett Kontaveit in the second round of the Internazionali BNL d'Italia in Rome.

Angelique Kerber crashes out of the Internazionali BNL D'Italia second round
Thu, 18 May, 2017 - 00:04

World number one and top seed Angelique Kerber suffered an unexpected defeat to Estonian qualifier Anett Kontaveit in the second round of the Internazionali BNL d'Italia in Rome.

The German, who earlier this week replaced Serena Williams at the top of the WTA rankings, went down 6-4 6-0 against 21-year-old Kontaveit, the world number 68.

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CourtsTennisHeathrowPlace: RomePlace: SlovakiaPlace: SpainPlace: UkrainePlace: United StatesPerson: Angelique KerberPerson: Anett KontaveitPerson: Serena WilliamsPerson: KontaveitPerson: KerberPerson: Dominika CibulkovaPerson: Ekaterina MakarovaPerson: Karolina PliskovaPerson: Lauren DavisPerson: Garbine Muguruza BlancoPerson: Jelena OstapenkoPerson: Venus WilliamsPerson: Lesia TsurenkoPerson: Johanna KontaPerson: Barbora Zahlavova StrycovaPerson: Timea BacsinszkyPerson: PliskovaPerson: Simona HalepPerson: Laura SiegemundPerson: Elina SvitolinaPerson: Alize CornetPerson: Kiki BertensPerson: Catherine Cartan BellisPerson: Anastasia PavlyuchenkovaPerson: Anastasija SevastovaEvent: Internazionali BNL d'ItaliaOrganisation: SwissOrganisation: HollandOrganisation: Latvia
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