Top-seeded Halep upset, leaving only one top 10 woman

at the French Open.

“I don’t learn how to be giantkiller,” Hsieh said. “I just want to feel free and enjoy the match. You know anything can happen on the court. You don’t have big chance to win, because they’re very good. So all I want to do is just go on the court and hit the shot and run every point and enjoy it.”

Halep is the first No. 1 seed to fail to reach the Round of 16 at Wimbledon since Serena Williams in 2014. Halep entered the match looking to set the record for most career Grand Slam wins by a Romanian woman but instead will have to wait until the US Open to break her tie at 73 with Virginia Ruzici.

“I just believe that I was not very positive on court,” Halep said. “The match was very unprofessional for me. But I am too tired. I was too tired. I have pain everywhere.

“I will not find the excuses about this match, she deserved to win, but still I’m sad about myself today.”

Tribune News Service Top-seeded Simona Halep reacts during her upset loss to Su-wei Hsieh during Saturday’s women’s singles match at Wimbledon in London.

Former finalist Angelique Kerber advanced to the fourth round at Wimbledon without facing a break point after beating 18thseeded Naomi Osaka 6-2, 6-4.

Kerber, a two-time Grand Slam champion, who was runner-up to Williams in 2016, hit 23 winners and made just five unforced errors against her Japanese opponent.

As well as being one of only

two former finalists – along with Williams – to make it through to the fourth round, the 11th-seeded Kerber is the second highest seed remaining in the women’s draw.

Kerber will next face 56thranked Belinda Bencic.

On the men’s side, things weren’t quite as rocky for Rafael Nadal as they were for Halep.

The No. 2-seeded French Open champion and two-time Wimbledon singles champ took control early and often against Alex de Minaur in a 6-1, 6-2, 6-4 win.

With first-set breaks in the fourth and sixth games, Nadal gained steam entering his second set and cruised to victory, maintaining his No. 1 world ranking on the way to the fourth round of the tournament.

Nadal’s fellow top-10 seed, Germany’s Alexander Zverev, wasn’t as fortunate. The No. 4-seeded player almost climbed out of a hole vs. Ernests Gulbis, who entered Wimbledon with just one tour-level victory in 2018.

But his unseeded opponent delivered some highlight-reel shots and finished with smarts to advance with a 7-6 (7-2), 4-6, 5-7, 6-3, 6-0 victory.

Novak Djokovic, seeded 12th, regained control after 23-year-old Kyle Edmund made an encouraging start, going on to win 4-6 6-3 6-2 6-4 on Centre Court.

Former world number one Djokovic will play Russian Karen Khachanov in the last 16 on Monday.