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Three recent US Open champions—Gauff (’23), Emma Raducanu (’21) and Naomi Osaka (’18, ’20)—did not reach the second week at Wimbledon. Gauff was beaten by 42nd-ranked Dayana Yastremska in the first round.
Swiatek has largely gone under the radar at this year’s Wimbledon, dropping just one set while every seed above her has been eliminated. Four of her five major wins have come on the clay of the French Open, with her previous best performance at Wimbledon a run to the quarter-finals in 2023.
Last year's runner-up Jasmine Paolini becomes the latest top-10 seed to make an early exit at Wimbledon, but world number one Aryna Sabalenka puts this year's record number of upsets out of her mind in a hard-fought victory.
Aryna Sabalenka is the favourite to win Wimbledon and become the first Belarusian woman to win a Grand Slam singles title, but has been dragged into a sexism row
Emma Raducanu produced a strong performance in her first two rounds of Wimbledon. But moving to the fourth round won’t be an easy task for her. She will be locking horns with World No.1 Aryna Sabalenka.
Aryna Sabalenka was forced to dig deep in the Wimbledon quarter-finals on Tuesday, as the world No 1 fended off a spirited challenge from 37-year-old doubles specialist Laura Siegemund.
No. 8 Iga Swiatek dominated the women’s Wimbledon final on Saturday, defeating No. 13 Amanda Anisimova 6-0, 6-0 to win her sixth Grand Slam title in only 57 minutes. Swiatek, 24, became the first woman since 1911 to win the Wimbledon final without losing a single game.
Just indescribable.' Even Anisimova was shocked when she pulled off the ultimate upset, defeating No. 1 Sabalenka in the Wimbledon semifinal.