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Wimbledon 2024 results: Top seed Iga Swiatek knocked out in third round by Yulia Putintseva

Wimbledon 2024 results: Top seed Iga Swiatek knocked out in third round by Yulia Putintseva

Swiatek is the dominant player on the WTA Tour after success on clay and hard courts, but has still not got to grips with the Wimbledon grass.

The five-time major winner is known for her clinical brand of tennis, but she hit a rare 34 unforced errors to Putintseva’s 18.

The Kazakh, cheered on by a raucous crowd on Court One, wrapped up the victory on her third match point.

Putintseva has reached the quarter-finals of the French Open and US Open, but had never been beyond the second round at Wimbledon.

It continues a superb grass-court season for the 29-year-old, who won the Birmingham Classic last month.

She will face 13th seed Jelena Ostapenko next after the Latvian claimed a commanding 6-3 6-1 win over American Bernarda Pera.

Meanwhile, grass remains Swiatek’s least successful surface, with Wimbledon being the only Grand Slam in which she has not gone past the quarter-finals.

The 23-year-old French Open champion will return to her favoured clay courts to prepare for tennis at this summer’s Olympics, which will be hosted at Roland Garros.