Wimbledon gone wrong! Which favourites completely burnt out during the opening five days of the prestigious Grand Slam?

Sport is not just about winning, that’s clear. But some defeats are more surprising than others. Which five tennis players should have been fighting to advance to the second week of the London programme at this point, and instead have long since packed their bags?

• In the opening two rounds, three players have dropped out of the top 10
• Greece’s Tsitsipas finished far from success
• Sebastian Korda’s result was a traditional disappointment

Three eliminations from the top 10

Let’s start with the highest ranked players on the ATP rankings. Three players from the ATP top ten did not survive the opening two rounds at the All England Club.

In the second round Casper Ruud and also Polish player Hurkacz went down. Instead of celebrating his progress, he ended up in the hospital.

The Polish player with the cannon serve was one of the black horses of Wimbledon, but he did not beat the Frenchman Fils. He was injured in the tiebreak of the fourth set at 1: 2 sets and then he canceled the match on his opponent’s match point.

The top Wimbledon loss was the result of Russian Rublev. He shocked the London major when he could not keep up with the Argentine Comesana.

The Moscow native is capable of getting into a terrible mental state during matches. He certainly didn’t spare any bizarre outbursts of emotion in that first round match .

Harmless Tsitsipas

This tennis player is often the centre of attention. But rarely because of his quality performances on the court. Wimbledon 2024 is no exception in this respect.

The former world number three had to pack up from the ATP top ten and the question is how long he will keep his current eleventh position. In London, the Greek fell in his second match.

Tsitsipas lost the opening two sets to Finland’s Ruusuvuori in a shortened game, then won the third set 6:3. But that was the last thing he did here this year. After losing the fourth set, he too had to say goodbye to the legendary tournament much earlier than he had hoped.

There’s that Korda again

We can’t deny that the American player has learned his lesson. When he made grandiose statements last year naming himself one of the favourites for Wimbledon, many wished him an early exit in London.

This year, despite his fine results in the preliminary tournaments, he has kept his mouth shut. But it didn’t affect the result.

The number 20 seed has not won a single match at the All England Club. In a marathon battle, he surprisingly succumbed to French lucky loser Mpetshi Perricard.

The match was two games too long. Korda lost after sets 6:7, 7:6, 6:7, 7:6, 3:6. However, even Wimbledon 2024 will be associated with the memory of a perceptible setback for Korda.

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