At the moment Jasmine Paolini is number 6 in the world. Resounding defeat for Marketa Vondrousova, winner of Wimbledon 2023 and eliminated in the first round of the Championships by the Spanish Jessica Bouzas Maneiro, who had never won a match in a first round Slam. A 6-4 6-2 in less than 70 minutes of play that humiliates the defending champion, who sinks out of the top 10. Jasmine, victorious in her debut against Sorribes Tormo, no longer sets limits and can attack the position of Pegula, winner today (6-2 6-0) in the derby against Krueger. The American must defend the quarterfinals she conquered in London last year, while Paolini has everything to gain.
The breakdown
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Vondrousova, who won unexpectedly last year, beating Pegula, Svitolina and Ons Jabeur (in the final) in a row, had established herself as one of the best in the world. But the success “out of nowhere” (from nowhere), as the Americans would say, was an isolated case. Marketa was no longer the player of the 2023 Championships and her performance has collapsed.
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rybakyna ok
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While Marketa’s elimination is the first real big shock of the tournament, Elena Rybakina does not disappoint. The Kazakh, number 4 in the world, sweeps away in an hour and 10 minutes of play the Romanian Elena Ruse (who wins just 4 games).
