Wimbledon, the world’s oldest tennis Grand Slam tournament running in London, saw a big upset on Saturday. Polish player Inga Swiatek, who won the French Open title last month, is out. Also, the French Open champion Rafael Nadal and former world No. 1 Novak Djokovic have entered the fourth round of the tournament.
Iga Swiatek is World No. 1 female player. She got a defeat from World No. 37 Elise Cornet of France 6-4, 6-2 in straight sets. The shorter match lasted for only one hour and 33 minutes. With the defeat, the Polish star Iga Swaitek’s 37-match winning streak came to an end.
Swatek hasn’t lost a single match since February before this
Swatek got a big win run in her career. She was continuously winning the match since the month of February. She has also won 6 tournaments consecutive. This is a big achievement in her career. However, This is not Cornet’s first shocking result in London. Cornet’s has a big achievement in the Wimbledon 2022 too. She has now reached the fourth round of a grass-court Grand Slam tournament for the second time. Earlier she had done so in 2014 before this. That time also knocked out Serena Williams in the third round of the tournament.
It may be Exciting semi-finals waiting for the fans
Rafael Nadal and Novak Djokovic can face each other again in the semi-finals of the Wimbledon 2022. Every fan is defiantly waiting for this clash. Former world number-1 Djokovic and current French Open winner Rafael Nadal will once again face to face. For this, both have to win their respective fourth and quarter-final round matches.
As per the draw, top seed Novak Djokovic will face Tim van Rijnthoven of the Netherlands in the fourth round. Whereas Rafael will face Botic in the found round. Novak Djokovic has defeated Miomir Kekmanovic of his own country 6-0, 6-3, 6-4. At the same time, Spanish star Rafael Nadal defeated Lorenzo Senego of Italy.