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WIMBLEDON, England — Iga Swiatek, the world No. 1 and the highest seed at Wimbledon, did one thing she had not finished in additional than 4 months Saturday. She misplaced a tennis match.
Swiatek, the 21-year-old two-time Grand Slam champion from Poland, misplaced to Alizé Cornet, the veteran Frenchwoman, 6-4, 6-2, ending her successful streak at 37 matches, one of many longest in trendy ladies’s tennis.
Swiatek, although, didn’t lose the match a lot as Cornet received it, emphatically even.
Enjoying with strapping on her left thigh, Cornet got here out swinging laborious, matching Swiatek’s energy and benefiting from the Polish champion’s discomfort on grass.
After shedding the primary set, Swiatek appeared to proper issues shortly, and surged to a 2-0 lead. However Cornet reeled off six straight video games with Swiatek shedding the ultimate level with a forehand into the center of the web.
