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		</div><p>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&#8217;Italia in Rome.</p>
<p>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.</p>
<p>Kerber, who was handed a first-round bye, produced 22 unforced errors in her defeat, which took less than an hour.</p>
<p><i>&#8220;Everybody knows I am not a clay-court specialist,&#8221;</i> Kerber told wtatennis.com.</p>
<p><i>&#8220;I think I need one good match to also get my confidence back and then to see that it works, actually.</p>
<p>&#8220;Because I am working hard, I&#8217;m trying to practice really hard and trying to improve the movement, especially on clay, because it&#8217;s not 100 per cent.</p>
<p>&#8220;I am not feeling so well on this surface.&#8221;</i></p>
<p>Fourth seed Dominika Cibulkova of Slovakia was also a surprise casualty, going down 1-6 6-1 6-3 to Russia&#8217;s Ekaterina Makarova.</p>
<p>There was no such drama for number two seed Karolina Pliskova, however, as the Czech player beat American Lauren Davis 6-1 6-1 to take her place in the last 16.</p>
<p>Third seed Garbine Muguruza Blanco of Spain is also through after beating Latvia&#8217;s Jelena Ostapenko 2-6 6-2 6-1.</p>
<p>Venus Williams saw off Lesia Tsurenko of Ukraine in straight sets, 6-4 6-3, and the American will next face Johanna Konta, the British world number six.</p>
<p>However, 14th seed Barbora Zahlavova Strycova is out after the Czech lost 6-4 6-2 against Timea Bacsinszky. The Swiss will next take on Pliskova for a place in the quarter-finals.</p>
<p>Earlier on Wednesday, number six seed Simona Halep of Romania beat German Laura Siegemund 6-4 6-4 and Elina Svitolina, the eighth seed from Ukraine, defeated France&#8217;s Alize Cornet 6-4 7-6 (13/11).</p>
<p>Holland&#8217;s 15th seed Kiki Bertens is also through after beating Catherine Cartan Bellis of the United States 6-4 6-0, while 12th-seeded Russian Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova beat Latvia&#8217;s Anastasija Sevastova 7-6 (7/4) 6-2.</p>
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