Markéta Vondroušová’s defense of her Wimbledon title has been ended in the first round after Spain’s Jessica Bouzas Maneiro pulled off a stunning upset to defeat the Czech in straight sets on Tuesday.
Markéta Vondroušová’s defense of her Wimbledon title has been ended in the first round after Spain’s Jessica Bouzas Maneiro pulled off a stunning upset to defeat the Czech in straight sets on Tuesday. Bouzas Maneiro, who is the world No. 83, took just over an hour to dispatch Vondroušová 6-4, 6-2. According to the WTA, Vondroušová is only the second defending women’s champion to be ousted in Wimbledon’s first round in the last 30 years.
The 21-year-old Spaniard was ruthless throughout the match, converting all five of her break point opportunities. She clinched victory with a spectacular backhand winner down the line that left her opponent rooted to the spot. Vondroušová recently had suffered a right hip injury ahead of the tournament, when the Czech slipped and fell on the grass at a tune-up event in Berlin. She was forced to retire from that Berlin second-round match, which occurred less than two weeks before Wimbledon.
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