Iga Swiatek suffered a shock straight-sets defeat to Alize Cornet at Wimbledon as her 37-match winning streak came to a stunning end.
The world No 1 had not lost since February when she went down to Jelena Ostapenko in Dubai but was out of sorts against her French opponent on Court One.
Swiatek made 32 unforced errors to lose 6-4 6-2 in one hour and 32 minutes in the third round at the All England Club. An upset was on the cards early on when Cornet, who made the quarter-finals of the Australian Open in January, broke the first seed twice early on.
Even though Swiatek did break back, it was the experienced Frenchwoman who held her nerve to win the opener in 52 minutes with a forehand smash.
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