Poles want Germany's Aussie Open champ Kerber back

A Polish newspaper wants Germany's Australian Open winner Angelique Kerber to return to her roots and play for Poland, but the Grand Slam winner insists "I'm German".

Warsaw-based daily Gazeta Wyborcza wants to see Bremen-born Kerber, who will play for Germany in this weekend's Fed Cup clash against Switzerland in Leipzig, turn out for the nation of her ancestors.

"Very often, the media portray Angelique as a German of Polish origin, and that is not true. She has a Polish passport, pays taxes in Poland and her parents are Polish," wrote the newspaper.