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Kazakhstan’s Yulia Putintseva shocked world No. 1 Iga Świątek within the third spherical of the Wimbledon ladies’s singles match on Saturday.
Putintseva pulled off the 3-6, 6-1, 6-2 upset, marking the continuation of the Polish star’s woes on the All England Membership in London.
Świątek was coming off her third consecutive French Open title and fifth profession Grand Slam title general, however with Saturday’s loss, she has but to make it previous the quarterfinals in 5 profession Wimbledon appearances.
Per The Tennis Letter, Świątek’s loss snapped a 21-match profitable streak, and Putintseva scored her first profession victory over Świątek after 4 earlier losses:
The Tennis Letter @TheTennisLetter
Putintseva d. Swiatek 3-6 6-1 6-2
Yulia snaps Iga’s 21 match win streak.
She turns into the fifth lady to beat Iga this 12 months.
She was 0-4 in opposition to Iga & had by no means gained a set earlier than in the present day.
✅2nd win over #1
✅1st Wimbledon R4
✅twelfth high 10 win
Seizing her second.
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The 23-year-old Świątek has undoubtedly been the dominant power in ladies’s tennis over the previous few years, however grass courts have been her kryptonite of kinds.
Of Świątek’s 22 profession WTA titles, all of them have come on both clay or arduous courts, and none have been on grass.
As famous by Ben Rothenberg of the No Challenges Remaining podcast, the French Open is the one Grand Slam at which Świątek has superior previous the quarters over the previous two years:
Ben Rothenberg @BenRothenberg
Iga Swiatek is much and away the clear WTA #1, however she’s solely been dominant at one Slam just lately.
Her final seven main outcomes:
2023 🐨: 4R
2023🐌: 🏆
2023🍓: QF
2023🗽: 4R
2024🐨: 3R
2024🐌: 🏆
2024🍓: 3R#Wimbledon
After dropping the primary set, Putintseva dominated Świątek in basically each facet Saturday, profitable 12 of the ultimate 15 video games.
Świątek solely managed to interrupt Putintseva as soon as of their match, whereas Putintseva broke Świątek’s serve on 4 events. Świątek additionally had 38 unforced errors in comparison with simply 15 for Putintseva.
Putintseva is a 29-year-old veteran who’s unseeded at Wimbledon and is the No. 35 participant within the WTA rankings.
Saturday’s win was unquestionably the largest of her profession at a Grand Slam to date, as she had by no means earlier than superior previous the third spherical.
Now, Putintseva will play within the Spherical of 16 at a Grand Slam for the primary time, and her opponent on Monday will likely be Thirteenth-seeded Jeļena Ostapenko, who gained the 2017 French Open and reached the Wimbledon semifinals in 2018.