Wimbledon, England — Zheng Qinwen grew to become the second high 5 seed within the first spherical at Wimbledon on Tuesday when Olympic gold medalists fell to Katerina Siniakova 7-5, 4-6, 6-1.
The 22-year-old Chinese language participant is the fifth seed of the All-England membership, and her loss got here hours after third seeded Jessica Pegra was upset by Elisabetta Cocchialetto.
It was Zheng’s third first spherical exit at Wimbledon. In the meantime, Siniakova will face four-time Grand Slam champion Naomi Osaka within the second spherical.
Siniakova is a three-time doubles champion at The All England Membership and gained final 12 months alongside Taylor Townsend. She has gained 10 main doubles titles general.
In different matches, Barbora Krejcikova needed to face 56th place Alexandra Eala to keep away from changing into the second Wimbledon ladies’s champion who would lose within the first spherical a 12 months later.
The seventeenth seed Krejcikova scored 3-6, 6-2, 6-1 on centre courtroom.
She began slowly and made 19 compelled errors within the first set, however she cleaned up the play, having 18 in the remainder of the way in which, typically leaning ahead with fist fist and screams, celebrating the factors that approached victory.
From the beginning of the opening period in 1968, the ladies’s champions misplaced within the first spherical at Wimbledon final 12 months in 1994 Steffi Graf and Markat Vondrousova.
The 20-year-old left-hander Ira, who represents the Philippines, competed solely twice within the Grand Slam event after shedding within the first spherical on the French Open in Could. She was in search of what was her fourth Prime 20 victory in 2025 after kicking out Jelena Ostapenko, Madison Keys and Iga Swiecsk on the Miami Open earlier this 12 months.
Canadian teenager Victoria Mboko upset twenty fifth seeded Magdalena Fleck 6-3, 6-2 after studying she was in the principle draw hours in the past as a fortunate loser.
Swiatek, the eighth seed, five-time Grand Slam champion, confronted a good opening set in opposition to Polina Kudermetova, however gained 7-5, 6-1.
“I am completely happy the sport clicked on the second set. I am completely happy that some followers got here to see us right this moment as a result of it is so sizzling,” Swiatek instructed the group after establishing a second assembly with American Caty McNally.
Russian teenager Mira Andreva made progress, with the seventh seed successful 6-3, 6-3 over Maya Sheriff.
The Related Press and Reuters contributed to the report.
