Former world number one Angelique Kerber is finding form two and a half weeks before the start of the French Open. The three-time Grand Slam winner easily beat Russian number 17 seed Veronika Kudermetova 6-3, 6-0 in Rome on Thursday to reach the third round of the clay-court event. Germany’s Kerber seamlessly followed on from her strong performance in the first round against American Lauren Davis, whom she defeated 6-1, 6-0. In the first set on Thursday, she managed the decisive break for 5-3 and the 36-year-old was unstoppable in the second, converting her first match point after just 70 minu…