The title favourites Iga Swiatek suffered a shock third-round exit at Wimbledon 2024 after a 6-3, 1-6, 2-6 defeat against Yulia Putintseva on Saturday, July 6. The Kazhakstani star stunned the world by knocking out the world no.1 and five-time Grand Slam winner.
Swiatek snapped the first set but the unseeded Putintseva made a sensational comeback and dominated the Polish superstar with 6-1, 6-2 wins. A loss also ended Swiatek's winning streak of 21 matches and opened the door for Coco Gauff and Elena Rybakina for the title race.
"I totally let her come back to the game in the second set," Swiatek said after the match. "I shouldn't have done that. I made some mistakes, as well. But for sure, she used her chance. You never know. I could have got injured in the second match because I practised straightaway after Roland Garros in that case. I think my coaches are pretty good at planning. They chose the right option for this year. But we'll see what's going to happen next year."
The world no.10 Ons Jabeur also witnessed an exit after a third-round loss against Ukraine's star Elina Svitolina. The former no.3 recorded an easy two straight-set win of 1-6, 6-7 to storm into the fourth round. The world no.13 and the 2017 French Open champions Jelena Ostapenko and the Czechia star Barbora Krejcikova also advanced to the fourth round with easy wins in their respective women's singles matches on Saturday.
Meanwhile, India's challenge in Wimbledon 2024 ended with Rohan Bopanna's exit from the men's doubles second round. The top-ranked Indian star, paired with his Australian partner Matthew Ebden, suffered a 6-3, 7-6 loss against the unseeded German duo of Hendrik Jebens and Constantin Frantzen.
Sumit Nagal suffered first-round losses in both Men's singles and doubles while Yuki Bhambri and Sriram Balaji failed to impress at a prestigious tournament in London.
