International Courant
The world’s finest participant continued her grass courtroom nightmare at Wimbledon, the place she misplaced in three units to Yulia Putintseva.
Iga Swiatek has by no means been a lot for grass and hopes that Wimbledon would spark a blossoming love affair with the floor this yr went up in smoke when the world primary was crushed 3-6 6-1 6-2 by Yulia Putintseva.
On paper, the fiery Kazakh No. 35 ought to have been a simple goal for the top-seeded Swiatek on Saturday, who had not dropped a set of their 4 earlier conferences and entered the match on a 21-match successful streak that included a fifth Grand Slam title at Roland Garros.
However clean grass courts are usually not Swiatek’s cup of tea and within the hectic environment on courtroom 1 Swiatek collapsed underneath the large strain of Putintseva. After dropping the primary set she shook herself up and began an attacking barrage that the Pole couldn’t include.
Swiatek’s big floor strokes, which had brought about a lot hassle within the season opener, had been now met with curiosity, whereas the Pole’s actions out of the blue appeared to decelerate. Her ft needed to wait a fraction of a second longer to regulate to the ball.
Putintseva broke twice within the second set and twice extra within the third set earlier than securing victory in three units and going through Elena Ostapenko within the fourth spherical.
It was one other disappointment for Swiatek at Wimbledon, the place her finest efficiency final yr was reaching the quarter-finals.
So it wasn’t as huge a shock because it appeared. None of her 22 singles titles have come on grass, a floor on which she has by no means reached a closing.
One other yr of disappointment at Wimbledon for Iga Swiatek. Yulia Putintseva of Kazakhstan shakes palms after defeating Swiatek, proper, of their third-round match on day six of The Championships on the All England Garden Tennis and Croquet Membership. (Susan Mullane/USA TODAY Sports activities)
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