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Top zebra stolen from the herd

Wearing the fashion-forward Adidas Roland Garros Y-3 Tank and its matching black skirt, just like many players in Paris this fortnight, world No.3 Angelique Kerber suffered a first-round upset to Dutch Kiki Bertens 6-2 3-6 6-3.

The 58th-ranked Bertens continues fine form that took her all the way from qualifying and past top seed Roberta Vinci to the title in Nürnberg just ahead of Roland Garros.

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The reigning Australian Open champion Kerber committed too many unforced errors in today's match, 28 to just 9 winners, while Bertens counterbalanced 36 unforced errors with 33 winners.