Defending Roland Garros champion suffers shocking defeat in Wimbledon first round

Wimbledon 2025 witnessed the first earthquake when Coco Gauff - the second seed in women's singles and also the reigning champion of Roland Garros was unexpectedly eliminated in the opening round in the early morning of July 2 (Vietnam time).

Coco Gauff was eliminated in the first round - Photo: REUTERS

After a resounding success in Paris last month, Gauff suddenly collapsed quickly at the hands of Ukrainian opponent, Dayana Yastremska, with a score of 7-6 (7-3), 6-1 in the first round of Wimbledon 2025.

Yastremska, ranked 42nd in the world , played with confidence and shown no fear of her powerful opponent. She made good use of her powerful high balls and continuously put pressure on Gauff to win three important breaks of serve in the second set.

Meanwhile, Gauff made 9 consecutive double faults, including 2 in the first tie-break, causing her to gradually lose her rhythm and mentality.

The match was played in a quick 1 hour and 19 minutes. Coco Gauff even double-faulted while the ball boy was still on the court, showing her mental problems in the tie-break.

In the second set, Yastremska continued to break Gauff's serve many times, leading to a lightning-fast victory with a score of 6-1.

This is the second time in the past three years that Gauff has been knocked out in the first round at Wimbledon, showing that grass courts are still her biggest weakness.

The 21-year-old American was expected to soon surpass Sabalenka and climb to world number one. But with this shocking defeat, Coco Gauff will have to wait at least 3 more months to do so.

After the match, Gauff admitted that she had great difficulty in transitioning from clay to grass in a short period of time.

“I felt a little overwhelmed mentally after the events in Paris, and maybe I didn't have time to adapt,” Gauff said.

On the other hand, Yastremska could not hide her happiness. She shared that this was the biggest win of her career. She will face Anastasia Zakharova in the second round.

Not only Gauff fell, Jessica Pegula (seed number 3), Zheng Qinwen (number 5) and the top 2 players in men's singles, Alexander Zverev (number 3), Daniil Medvedev (number 9) all stopped early.

Since 2001, this is a record for the number of seeds eliminated in the first round at a Grand Slam.

In the latest match of the men's singles, Djokovic won 3-1 against Alexandre Muller. He will face home player Dan Evans in the second round.

HUY DANG

Source: https://tuoitre.vn/duong-kim-vo-dich-roland-garros-thua-soc-o-vong-1-wimbledon-20250702050942786.htm