The German number 1 lost her opening match at the Masters in Rome against the American Coco Gauff 1: 6 and 4: 6. For the 34-year-old number 19 in the world rankings, it was the fifth first-round defeat this year. The clay court event in Italy’s capital is endowed with 2.527 million US dollars.
Most recently, Kerber gave up the Masters 1000 tournament in Madrid because of a cold. Before starting the French Open in just under two weeks is the triple grand slamTournament winner far from top form. In Stuttgart she had also failed in the first round, before she had lost her two singles with the German women’s team in Kazakhstan Billie Jean King Cup lost.
Source: dpa