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Reuters

Top seed Iga Swiatek crashed out of Wimbledon in the biggest shock of this year’s Championships, so far but Novak Djokovic avoided joining her despite another below-par performance on Saturday.
Poland’s Swiatek, who clocked up her fifth grand slam title at last month’s French Open, was beaten 3-6, 6-1, 6-2, by Yulia Putintseva in the third round as she again struggled on grass.
“I know what I need to change, and I’ll do that,” the world No 1 told reporters after her 21-match winning streak came to an end on Court One.
“My tank of really pushing myself to the limits became suddenly empty. I was kind of surprised.”
Seven-time champion Djokovic moved into the fourth round but only after dropping the opening set to Alexei Popyrin.

The 37-year-old Serb, seeded two, stayed on course for a record 25th grand slam title with a 4-6, 6-3, 6-4, 7-6, win to set up a clash with Danish dynamo Holger Rune.
“It was another tough match,” Djokovic, who also dropped a set against British wild card Jacob Fearnley in the second round, said. “It was a very challenging match mentally today.”
“Each match it’s getting better,” added Djokovic, who is yet to win a title this year and needed knee surgery last month.
Britain was left with only one singles player out of the 19 who started as Alexander Zverev beat Cameron Norrie, and China’s Wang Xinyu dumped out local favourite Harriet Dart.
Emma Raducanu will fly the flag alone for the hosts on Sunday and perhaps with that in mind she pulled out of her highly anticipated mixed doubles with Andy Murray.
Her decision, put down to protecting a sore wrist, effectively ended British great Murray’s illustrious Wimbledon career in rather anticlimactic fashion.
Despite the impression that Swiatek and her topspin game is still unsuited to Wimbledon’s lawns, she arrived as the favourite to finally make her mark at the All England Club.
And when she took the opening set against Kazakhstan’s fiery 35th-ranked Putintseva it seemed everything was under control.
But after Putintseva broke serve in the fourth game of the second set Swiatek’s game crumbled rapidly under the withering firepower of her opponent.
“At some point I was playing fearless. I was just, I have to believe 100%, I have nothing to lose, just go for it,” Putintseva, who plays Jelena Ostapenko next, said.


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Wimbledon

Wimbledon: Swiatek crashes out in biggest shock yet, but Djokovic marches on

Iga Swiatek reacts during her third round loss to Yulia Putintseva at Wimbledon. Photo: AP

Yulia Putintseva hits a forehand return to Iga Swiatek. Photo: AP

Andy Murray’s Wimbledon career ends after Emma Raducanu pulls out of their mixed doubles

Andy Murray waves to the crowd on Centre Court at Wimbledon. Photo: TNS

Fans react as Britain’s Andy Murray leaves Center Court following his first round doubles loss at the Wimbledon tennis championships in London. Photo: AP

Murray’s 2013 title at Wimbledon made him the first British man in 77 years to win the singles championship at the tournament, and he won the trophy again in 2016. Photo: AFP

Sun continues to rise at Wimbledon, where Emma Raducanu awaits in fourth round

Lulu Sun plays a backhand return to Lin Zhu during their third round women’s singles match at Wimbledon. Photo: AP

Zhu Lin was the second Chinese player to lose to Lulu Sun in the women’s singles. Photo: AP

Sport

Tennis

World No 1 Iga Swiatek says she knows ‘what I need to change’ after losing to Yulia Putintseva


World No 1 Iga Swiatek says she knows ‘what I need to change’ after losing to Yulia Putintseva.
