London. Defending champion Marketa Vondrousova was eradicated in straight units within the opening spherical of Wimbledon on Tuesday, turning into the primary girl to exit the match on debut since Steffi Graf 30 years in the past.
Czech Vondrousova, who final yr grew to become the primary unseeded girl to elevate the title, suffered an sudden 6-4, 6-2 defeat by Spain’s Jessica Bouzas Maneiro.
World quantity 83 Bouzas Maneiro had solely gained one match on the circuit this yr earlier than Wimbledon however on Tuesday he claimed his first victory at any Grand Slam.
“It is one of the vital moments of my life,” mentioned the Spaniard, smiling as she loved the applause. “I am shocked with myself, to be sincere.”
“The environment was so good (…) I felt at house, I do not know why,” she added, explaining her lack of nerves on one of the vital levels in tennis.
The 21-year-old Galician tennis participant solely wanted to maintain the ball in play given the big variety of errors by Vondrousova.
The sixth seed had a bodily downside that difficult her preparation for the match performed on grass. The Spaniard will face the winner of the match between her compatriot Cristina Bucsa and Romanian Ana Bogdan within the second spherical.
In the meantime, Iga Swiatek simply made it by way of the primary spherical by beating American Sofia Kenin 6-3, 6-4.
The highest seeded Pole remains to be not completely comfy on grass, having by no means reached the ultimate on the All England Membership.
Each gamers struggled with their serves within the early levels of the match, with 9 break factors within the first 4 video games, through which each misplaced their serve.
Swiatek did not let that cease her from taking a 3-1 lead. She seemed stronger from there and the French Open champion sealed her twentieth consecutive tour-level win on her first match level.
In one other of the day’s matches, former champion Elena Rybakina swept apart Romanian Elena-Gabriela Ruse 6-3, 6-1.
Rybakina, who gained the title in 2022, misplaced her first recreation of the match however then gave her opponent no probability.
The fourth-seeded Kazakh has been scuffling with health and type problems with late however seemed extra comfy because the match progressed.
“I am very glad to win my first match right here this yr. I have not performed a lot on grass this yr as a result of I’ve had some issues,” Rybakina mentioned in an on-court interview.
American Jessica Pegula, the fifth seed, beat her compatriot Ashlyn Krueger 6-2, 6-0.
Pegula broke within the first recreation of the match earlier than going 4-0 up in 10 minutes and coasting to a snug victory.
Krueger, 20, racked up 29 unforced errors within the match and allowed Pegula to finish her first Wimbledon principal draw look in 49 minutes.
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– 2024-07-11 09:27:15
