Incredible sensation! The world number one suffered a defeat in the third round of Wimbledon 2024

World number one, Poland's Iga Swiatek, sensationally lost in the third round of Wimbledon 2024 and will not be able to repeat her best performance at this tournament.

Swiatek faced Kazakhstan's Yulia Putintseva. In the first set, Swiatek played her usual tennis and secured a victory — 6-3. Then something incredible happened. Swiatek started making an unusually high number of unforced errors, which her opponent fully capitalized on. Putintseva conceded only three games to the world's top-ranked player in the next two sets and delivered the major upset of the current Major.

Wimbledon WTA. 3rd Round
Iga Swiatek (Poland, 1) — Yulia Putintseva (Kazakhstan, 35) — 6-3, 1-6, 2-6.

In the next round, Putintseva will play against Latvia's representative, Jelena Ostapenko. The match is scheduled for Monday, July 8.

It's worth noting that Iga had never won Wimbledon before. Her best result was reaching the quarterfinals last year, where she lost in three sets to Elina Svitolina.