French Open 3-Peat' Swiatek, Wimbledon Third Round Early Elimination
Weakness at Wimbledon… 21-game winning streak ends with defeat by Putintseva.
Iga Swiatek (No. 1, Poland), who won the French Open three times in a row, was eliminated early in the third round of the women's singles at Wimbledon (total prize money of 50 million pounds, approximately 87.5 billion won).
Swiatek, who was seeded first, lost 1-2 (6-3 1-6 2-6) to Yulia Putintseva (No. 35, Kazakhstan) in the third round of the women's singles on the seventh day of the tournament held at the All England Club in London, England on the 6th (local time).
Swiatek, who has won the French Open four times (2020, 2022-2024), including the last three in a row, and the US Open once (2022), has postponed her sixth major title to the next opportunity.
Swiatek has shown her strength on clay courts. 실시간 바카라사이트
However, she has not come close to winning Wimbledon on grass.
Swiatek's best performance at Wimbledon was reaching the quarterfinals last year.
The loss ended Swiatek's winning streak at 21 matches.
He also had a 37-match winning streak that he accelerated at the 2022 French Open, which ended at Wimbledon.
After playing the best tennis of my life (on clay), it is not easy to adapt to a different surface (grass), Svyatek said after the match, expressing her helplessness, saying, "It feels like the fuel tank inside me that pushed me to the limit has suddenly emptied."
Putintseva renewed her best performance at Wimbledon.
She had previously participated in Wimbledon nine times and had been eliminated in the first or second round.
This year, he gained momentum by winning the previous tour tournament, the Rossey Open, and then caught the 'big fish' at Wimbledon, advancing to the round of 16 for the first time in his life.
I don't know how I won, Putintseva said. "I played without fear.
I just believed in myself 100 percent and thought that I had nothing to lose."
Putintseva will play against Yelena Ostapenko (14th, Latvia), who defeated Bernarda Pera (97th, USA) 2-0 (6-1 6-3) to advance to the quarterfinals.
2022 Wimbledon champion Elena Rybakina (4th, Kazakhstan) defeated Caroline Wozniacki (91st, Denmark) 2-0 (6-0 6-1) to advance to the round of 16.
With No. 1 Svyatek dropping out, No. 3 Aryna Sabalenka (Belarus) has emerged as the top contender for the title.
2nd place Coco Gauff also survived to the round of 16, but has never won Wimbledon.
He only made it to the round of 16 in the previous tournament.
The strong players cruised in the men's singles.
Novak Djokovic (2nd place, Serbia), who is aiming for his 25th major championship, defeated Alexei Popyrin (47th place, Australia) 3-1 (4-6 6-3 6-4 7-6<7-3>) in the third round in 3 hours and 5 minutes.
Djokovic, who had knee surgery last month, played the match wearing a knee brace.
Djokovic said, "As the match progresses, my confidence in movement and sliding is getting better."
Djokovic will face Holger Rune (ranked 15th, Denmark), who defeated Kwon Soon-woo (ranked 367th, Korea) in the first round, in the round of 16.
