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Former champion and second seed Elena Rybakina is out of Wimbledon after a third-round defeat to Elise Mertens in the biggest upset of the tournament so far.
Rybakina, the women’s singles champion in 2022 and this season’s Australian Open champion, had won her previous six matches against the Belgian 25th seed Mertens, but was beaten 7-6 6-1 on Court No 1.
The 27-year-old arrived at Wimbledon following a difficult run of form, including a second-round defeat in Berlin to wildcard Alexandra Eala and a quarter-final defeat to Katie Boulter at Queen’s.
Rybakina, who won her second grand slam title by beating Aryna Sabalenka to win the Australian Open in January, also suffered a second-round defeat at last month’s French Open, losing to the unseeded Yuliia Starodubtseva.
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