Wimbledon: Coco Gauff suffers shock first-round loss to Dayana Yastremska as women’s second seed is knocked out | Tennis News

Coco Gauff has become the biggest seed to die for in the first two days of Wimbledon while the second American seeded was beaten in straight sets by Dayanana Yastremska.

Fresh from his second victory at the Grand Colem at the Open of France, Gauff looked at the shadow of his best self only a month of this triumph-her service, in particular, deserting it when it sent nine double defects while being broken four times in the 7-6 defeat (7-3) 6-1.

“I have the impression that mentally I was a little overwhelmed by everything that came after [the French Open]”Said a gauff in tears at her post-match press conference.” I didn’t feel like I had enough time to celebrate and also come back in it. “”

She added: “I was definitively struggling in the locker room. I don’t like to lose. I just feel a little disappointed with the way I introduced myself today.”

Even if the great breakthrough of Gauff came to the All England Club while, aged 15 in 2019, she defeated Venus Williams in her opening match and reached the fourth round, the Grasscourt tournament turned out to be her least successful major, the only one where she failed to reach the semi-finals.

It was certainly a difficult draw for Gauff against the world number 42 of Ukraine, but it will expect that it will expect to sail. Instead, the 21 -year -old woman leaves a major in the first round for the third time only in her career, and first since 2023, which was also in Wimbledon.

In total, through the first two days of Wimbledon, a large total of 23 seeds – 13 men and 10 women – are already absent, binding the most in any Grand Chelem tournament since they started to sow 32 players in each support in single in 2001.

Djokovic survives the end of fear to create an Evans match

Novak Djokovic a little lame at the end of the victory at the end Alexandre Muller On Center short to organize a second round meeting with Great Britain Dan Evans THURSDAY.

The 38-year-old man, in search of a 25th title of simple Grand Slam to abandon him in Margaret Court, received a medical waiting period after having lost an equality break in the second set against the French of 41st, but finally rallied at 10:30 p.m., shortly before Curanism 6-2 6-2 6-2.

Monday, seven British players recommend victories at the All England Club, the best count of any day of the championships in the open era. And the expectation that an eighth home player reaches the second round ended at 4:48 p.m. when Evans beat his British compatriot Jay Clarke 6-1 7-5 6-2 to organize the meeting with Djokovic. It was the first victory of Wimbledon, 35 years old, in four years.

“I would love it to be in the center, to have the chance to play it [Djokovic]”Said Evans after his victory.” He is at this last end of his career and I would go there and I will really try. It would be special in England to play the biggest of all time. “

Elsewhere in the male draw, the world n ° 1 Jannik sinner Soupled in the second round, needing an hour and 48 minutes to eliminate his Italian compatriot Luca Nardi 6-4 6-3 6-0.

Fifth American seeded Taylor Fritz defeated from France Giovanni Mpeshi Perricard 6-7 (8-10) 6-7 (8-10) 6-4 7-6 (8-6) 6-4 in a match suspended Monday evening with the level of the pair with two sets each.

Georgia Nikoloz Basilashvili Beat the seventh Italian seeded and the semi-finalist last year Lorenzo Musetti 6-2 4-6 7-5 6-1

Defeated for seeds n ° 3 ZVEREV and PEGULA

With Gauff, two of the largest victims of seeds on Tuesday in Wimbledon were No 3 in the male world and women, Alexander Zverev And Jessica Pegula.

Zverev and Arthur Rinderknech were locked up at a set each on Monday when the game was arrested but, after having resumed on the central field the following afternoon, it was the French who ended a 7-6 victory (7-3) 6-7 (8-10) 6-3 6-7 (7-5) 6-4.

It was the first defeat of Zverev at the opening in a Grand Colem since Wimbledon in 2019 and left the 28 -year -old in search of a first major after 38 attempts.

Pegula struggled to explain her out of Wimbledon shock while she praised the opponent’s “crazy” performance Elisabetta Cocciaretto. Last year, the US Open finalist crashed following a 6-2 6-3 defeat against the Italian world n ° 116 in just 58 minutes.

Asked what is wrong, the 31 -year -old American replied: “I don’t know. She played an absolutely incredible tennis.

“Do I think I played the best match of all time? No. But I certainly don’t think I was playing badly. It’s really a disappointment to lose. I haven’t lost the first tower of a slam for a very long time, so it fears.”

Cocciatto, who had only once before defeating a top 10 player, spectacularly turned the tables on Pegula, having undergone a 6-4 6-0 defeat in three laps at Club All England in 2023.

The reigning champion Krejcikova comes from fear

Female defending champion in simple Barbora Krejcikova was tested by promising 20 years Alexandra EalaLosing the first set before finding its form late in a 3-6 6-2 6-1 victory.

Eala is the first Philippine player to appear in the draw in Wimbledon in the open era and Krejcikova was full of praise for her thereafter.

“I mean, what is hell [kind of tennis] She played in the first set?, Said the title champion of her young opponent.

“She broke the ball and cleaned the lines, so wow, wow. She’s going to be really good in a few years.”

Five times Grand Slam champion IGA SwiTEKThe eighth row has not yet conquered Wimbledon but has shown positive signs as it was beating Polina Kudermetova 7-5 6-1, while the Russian adolescent Mirra Andreeva Advanced after a 6-3 6-3 victory Sherif Mayar.

The draw for women is now without three of its first five seeds after 5 n ° 5 Qinwen Zheng From China, the Olympic champion, underwent a third successive Wimbledon defeat in the first round, beaten 7-5 4-6 6-1 by a Czech specialist in double Katerina Siniakova.

Elsewhere, 10th American seed Emma Navarro Mixed champion of Wimbledon twice Petra Kvitova With a 6-3 6-1 victory in a match that lasted exactly an hour. He marked the last appearance of Kvitova in Wimbledon before heading for retirement.

Queen’s champion Tatjana MariaWho reached the semi-finals in 2022, also made an early release while she lost in three sets against American Katie Volynets.

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