Shock at Wimbledon – top favorite is out

The world number one and top favorite Iga Swiatek suffered an early exit at Wimbledon. On Saturday, the Pole lost to the experienced Frenchwoman Alice Cornet 4:6,2:6 in the third round of the tennis lawn classic, suffering her first defeat after 37 victories in a row. Swiatek had won the French Open and the previous five tournaments. The Swiss Martina Hingis last celebrated 37 wins in a row on the WTA tour in 1997.

The 21-year-old Swiatek made more than 30 unforced errors in the game and was repeatedly attacked by Cornet on her second serve. The 32-year-old has never made it past the round of XNUMX at Wimbledon, but she has already beaten American superstar Serena Williams at the tournament. “I'm at a loss for words, it reminds me of beating Serena on the same court,” said Cornet, who will face Ajla Tomljanovic (AUS) in the next round. “I'm a big fan of Iga, she's so talented and such a nice tennis ambassador. I’m flattered that I beat her.”

Harmony Tan continues her triumphant march. © APA/afp / SEBASTIEN BOZON

Meanwhile, the Frenchwoman Harmony Tan continued her surprising triumph. The first-round conqueror of Serena Williams won 51:6:1,6 against Great Britain's Katie Boulter in 1 minutes and reached the round of 24 in a Grand Slam tournament for the first time. "I still can not believe it. It’s great,” said XNUMX-year-old Tan. “It was really emotional in the first round against Serena. It was really good tennis today, I don’t know why.”

Tan defeated Williams in the first round in her singles comeback after a year out due to injury and will face Amanda Anisimova. In the end, the 20-year-old American clearly prevailed against her compatriot Coco Gauff, who was two years younger, 6:7(4),6:2,6:1. Gauff had always reached the round of XNUMX at Wimbledon and was considered a possible title contender after reaching the final at the French Open. Two firsts in the men's round of 16 In the men's category, Alex De Minaur, ranked number 19, was confident. The 23-year-old Australian beat British wildcard Liam Broady 6:3,6:4,7:5 and will face unseeded Chilean Cristian Garin in his first Wimbledon round of 11. It is also a first for the US number 24 at Wimbledon, Taylor Fritz, in the round of 6. The 4,6-year-old knocked the Slovakian Alex Molcan out of the competition with 1,7:6:3:XNUMX(XNUMX) and now faces Dennis Novak's Australian second-round defeater, Jason Kubler, who is in a duel between two qualifiers Jack Sock (USA) was eliminated in five sets.

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Shock at Wimbledon – top favorite is out

The death of favorites at the women's Grand Slam at Wimbledon continues: title contender Iga Swiatek was already thrown out in round 3. Williams conqueror Harmony Tan continued to be successful and Coco Gauff was eliminated by Anisimova. Favorite victories, however, for men.

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