{"id":1537079,"date":"2022-07-03T07:51:52","date_gmt":"2022-07-03T11:51:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1537079"},"modified":"2022-07-03T07:52:59","modified_gmt":"2022-07-03T11:52:59","slug":"top-ranked-iga-swiatek-loses-in-wimbledon-stunner","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/top-ranked-iga-swiatek-loses-in-wimbledon-stunner\/","title":{"rendered":"Top-Ranked Iga Swiatek Loses in Wimbledon Stunner"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">14<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Ftop-ranked-iga-swiatek-loses-in-wimbledon-stunner%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1537079&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><aside class=\"single__inline-module alignleft\">\n<\/aside>\n<p>WIMBLEDON, England \u2014 Top-ranked Iga Swiatek was unbeaten since February and sure seemed unbeatable, compiling 37 consecutive match wins and six consecutive tournament titles.<\/p>\n<p>She\u2019s never quite been as comfortable on grass courts as other surfaces, though, and a mistake-filled Saturday sent Swiatek out of Wimbledon in the third round with a 6-4, 6-2 loss to 37th-ranked Alize Cornet of France.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI know I didn\u2019t play good tennis. I was pretty confused about my tactics,\u201d said Swiatek, a two-time French Open champion who has never advanced past the fourth round at the All England Club. \u201cFor sure, it wasn\u2019t a good performance for me.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>It was not just the match\u2019s winner that was unexpected. It was also just how one-sided this 1-hour, 33-minute encounter was.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis kind of match is what I\u2019m living for, it\u2019s what I\u2019m practicing for every day,\u201d Cornet said. \u201cIt really drives me. I knew I could do it. Somehow, I had this belief.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>No woman had won as many matches in a row as Swiatek since Martina Hingis also put together a run of 37 in 1997.<\/p>\n<p>But right away, it seemed, this would not be Swiatek\u2019s day.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI didn\u2019t know what to do,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-resized\"><a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/07\/TENNIS-WIMBLEDON_.jpg\"><\/a><figcaption>Iga Swiatek during her third-round match against Alize Cornet at Wimbledon.<\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">REUTERS<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Neither, several hours later, did fourth-seeded Stefanos Tsitsipas, who grew frustrated by what he called a \u201ccircus\u201d atmosphere and \u201cbullying\u201d tactics by Nick Kyrgios, who cursed and argued his way to a 6-7 (2), 6-4, 6-3, 7-6 (7) victory.<\/p>\n<p>Kyrgios repeatedly berated chair umpire Damien Dumusois and insisted that Tsitsipas should be defaulted for hitting a ball into the stands near fans after dropping the second set at No. 1 Court.<\/p>\n<p>There was some simultaneous contentiousness across the way at Centre Court, too, although to a much lesser degree, as 22-time major champion Rafael Nadal beat No. 27 seed Lorenzo Sonego 6-1, 6-2, 6-4. Nadal objected to Sonego\u2019s elongated grunts and called him up to the net to discuss it; Sonego objected to that sort of face-to-face confrontation.<\/p>\n<p>Afterward, Nadal apologized, saying he shouldn\u2019t have tried to engage his opponent that way.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/07\/Britain-Wimbledon-Tennis.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/Britain-Wimbledon-Tennis.jpg\" alt=\"Alize Cornet celebrates winning the first set against Iga Swiatek at Wimbledon.\" class=\"wp-image-22899342\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/07\/Britain-Wimbledon-Tennis.jpg?quality=75&#038;strip=all&#038;w=1535 1536w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/07\/Britain-Wimbledon-Tennis.jpg?quality=75&#038;strip=all 1024w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/07\/Britain-Wimbledon-Tennis.jpg?quality=75&#038;strip=all&#038;w=512 512w\" \/><\/a><figcaption>Alize Cornet celebrates winning the first set against Iga Swiatek at Wimbledon.<\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">AP<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>On a chilly, windy afternoon at No. 1 Court, Swiatek quickly fell behind 3-0 and of Cornet\u2019s first 14 points, nine came via unforced errors off the racket of the 21-year-old player from Poland. Only one came via a winner produced by Cornet herself.<\/p>\n<p>Normally so crisp with her shots, calm with her demeanor, Swiatek was not exactly at ease in either sense. After one missed forehand return, she swatted the toes of her right shoe with her racket.<\/p>\n<p>By the end, Swiatek had made 33 unforced errors \u2014 a whopping 26 more than Cornet. And Swiatek\u2019s strong forehand produced nine winners, only two more than Cornet amassed.<\/p>\n<div class=\"single__inline-module inline-module inline-module--newsletter alignright\">\n<div class=\"inline-module__inner\">\n<h3 class=\"inline-module__title headline headline--combo-sm-md\">\n\t\t\tKeep up with the most important sports news\t\t<\/h3>\n<p class=\"inline-module__cta\">\n\t\t\tSign up for Starting Lineup for the biggest stories.\t\t<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>This is not the first surprising result Cornet has come up with at the All England Club. The only other time she reached the fourth round at the grass-court Grand Slam tournament came in 2014, when she eliminated major singles champion Serena Williams.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI have no words right now. It reminds me of the time I beat Serena on the same court, eight years ago exactly,\u201d Cornet said. \u201cThis court is a lucky charm for me.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>When the match ended \u2014 appropriately enough, with Swiatek dumping a forehand into the net \u2014 Cornet raised her arms and smiled as wide a smile as can be.<\/p>\n<p>Cornet is a 32-year-old who reached her first quarterfinal in 63 appearances at majors by getting that far at the Australian Open in January. Now she\u2019s a win away from getting that far again, facing unseeded Ajla Tomljanovic of Australia next.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019m like good wine,\u201d Cornet said. \u201cGood wine always ages well.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Tomljanovic, a quarterfinalist a year ago at the All England Club, eliminated 2021 French Open champion Barbora Krejcikova 2-6, 6-4, 6-3.<\/p>\n<p>In a contest between two young Americans \u2014 and a rematch of the 2017 U.S. Open junior final \u2014 No. 20 seed Amanda Anisimova came back to top No. 11 Coco Gauff 6-7 (4), 6-2, 6-1 at Centre Court.<\/p>\n<p>Gauff, who is 18 and lost to Swiatek in the final at Roland Garros last month, led 3-0 at the start, before the 20-year-old Anisimova\u2019s forceful baseline game eventually began to hold sway. Anisimova took that opening set to a tiebreaker, which she then led 4-1, but Gauff grabbed the next half-dozen points.<\/p>\n<p>That could have been trouble for Anisimova. She didn\u2019t let it derail her. Instead, she kept taking control of groundstroke exchanges while also doing a fantastic job of handling Gauff\u2019s serve, which reached 123 mph Saturday.<\/p>\n<p>In all, Anisimova won more than half of Gauff\u2019s service games and saved 10 of the 13 break points she faced.<\/p>\n<p>After entering 2022 with a record of 11-23 in three-setters, Anisimova has gone 13-6 this season, leading the tour for the most victories in matches that go the distance.<\/p>\n<p>When Anisimova closed out the victory, she dropped to her back on the court, covering her face with both hands, then rose to blow kisses to the crowd and wiped away tears.<\/p>\n<p>Next for Anisimova is a match against Harmony Tan, who is making her Wimbledon debut and defeated Williams in the first round last Tuesday.<\/p>\n<p>Other women\u2019s fourth-round matches Monday will be No. 17 Elena Rybakina vs. Petra Martic, and 2019 champion Simona Halep against No. 4 Paula Badosa, who got past two-time Wimbledon winner Petra Kvitova 7-5, 7-6 (4).<\/p>\n<p>A total of four American men are into the round of 16 at the All England Club for the first time since 1999 after victories Saturday by No. 11 Taylor Fritz and unseeded Brandon Nakashima. They join No. 23 Frances Tiafoe and No. 30 Tommy Paul, who advanced a day earlier.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>WIMBLEDON, England \u2014 Top-ranked Iga Swiatek was unbeaten since February and sure seemed unbeatable, compiling 37 consecutive match wins and six consecutive tournament titles. 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