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Iga Swiatek suffered a shock straight-sets defeat to Alize Cornet yesterday to join Coco Gauff in exiting Wimbledon on the sixth day of the Championships.
The world No. 1 had not lost since February when she went down to Jelena Ostapenko in Dubai but was out of sorts against her French opponent on Court One and saw her 37-match winning streak snapped.
Swiatek made 32 unforced errors to lose 6-4 6-2 in one hour and 32 minutes in the third round at the All England Club.
An upset was on the cards early on when Cornet, who made the quarterfinals of the Australian Open in January, broke the first seed twice early on.
Even though Swiatek did break back, it was the experienced Frenchwomen who held her nerve to win the opener in 52 minutes with a forehand smash.
When Polish star Swiatek moved 2-0 up at the beginning of the second, the comeback seemed on but Cornet continued to force the French Open winner into long rallies and eventually wore her down to secure a memorable victory.
It brought back memories for the 32-year-old after she also stunned Serena Williams on this court back in 2014.
Cornet said on-court: “I have no words. It reminds me of the time I beat Serena on this court eight years ago so you guys are lucky for me.
“I just want to say I am a huge fan of Iga. I am very flattered I got to beat her today.
“I am like the good wine in France. Good wine always ages well.”
Jamie Murray made his way into the last-16 of the Doubles alongside Brazilian Bruno Soares.
Seeded nine, were made to battle hard before beating Serb Nikola Cacic and Italy’s Andrea Vavassori 6-4, 7-6 (7-4), 7-5.
Murray’s fellow-scot Jonny O’mara, alongside Ken Skupski also made it through following a 6-2, 6-4, 6-4 win over Brazil’s Marcelo Melo and South African Raven Klaasen.