Following early losses in Stuttgart and Madrid, Kerber fell prey to Estonia’s Anett Kontaveit in Rome, being unable to win a single game in the second set. The world #1 wasn’t the only top player who made an early exit in Rome today as Dominika Cibulkova lost a lengthy three-set battle on the scenic Pietrangeli court to Russia’s Ekaterina Makarova.
Earlier that day, freshly-crowned Madrid champion Simona Halep found herself in the same situtation in the same spot, Halep found a way to battle bast Germany’s Laura Siegemund in the sorching Rome mid-day sun though.
The third round of the 2017 Internazionali BNL d’Italia is due to be played tomorrow, keep checking back to Women’s Tennis Blog for all the latest from Rome.