Wimbledon has been filled with crazy matches and many upsets, and we’re still in the first round. Both Simona Halep and Eugenie Bouchard were ousted in their first round match-ups at the All England Club.
Last year’s Wimbledon runner-up, Eugenie Bouchard , lost her opening round match to a Chinese qualifier named Duan Ying-Ying. Bouchard fell in straight sets and seemed to lose all confidence after losing the first round tiebreak by a score of 7-3.
The 21-year-old Canadian’s loss at Wimbledon is just another in a long losing streak. At one point earlier this year, Bouchard had lost 10 of 11 matches. Bouchard was knocked out in the first round of the French Open as well.
The way Genie Bouchard is playing ATM was not surprising at all the she went out 1st rd vs duan, been very rough sledding All year
— Brad Gilbert (@bgtennisnation) June 30, 2015
Bouchard looked practically unstoppable in the majors last year. She made it to the semi-finals in the first three and lost to Petra Kvitova in the final of last year’s Wimbledon.
Duan Ying-Ying d. Bouchard, the first time a #Wimbledon finalist lost in opening round the following year since 1994 (Graf, l. McNeil)
— Kevin Fischer (@Kfish_WTA) June 30, 2015
Bouchard, who was ranked 12th in the world and 12th in the tournament, will fall out of the top-20 in the WTA rankings with this latest defeat and may even fall out of the top-25 depending on how other top players fare in London.
Genie Bouchard, No. 5 in October, will fall out of top 20 with Round One defeat at #WImbledon http://t.co/UwfZgo6693 pic.twitter.com/KRNyxnz8bp
— Christopher Clarey ?? ?? ?? (@christophclarey) June 30, 2015
Eugenie Bouchard’s biggest downfall at Wimbledon Tuesday was her serving. She hit 10 double faults over the course of two sets while Duan won 80 percent of the points on her first serve. While Bouchard hit more winners by a margin of 9 to 12, she also outpaced Duan in unforced errors, hitting 23 compared to Duan’s 15.
Let’s not discount the play of Duan, who is known as the Chinese Lindsay Davenport due to her height (6’1). She hit toe-to-toe from the baseline for the majority of the match with Eugenie at Wimbledon
One of last year’s Wimbledon semi-finalist, Simona Halep , lost her opening round match to Jana Cepelova. Jena, who is ranked 106th in the world, beat world no.1 Serena Williams last year at the WTA event in Charleston, South Carolina.
Wow Halepeno out to ranked 106 ranked Cepelova
— Brad Gilbert (@bgtennisnation) June 30, 2015
The third-seeded Romanian, who reached the final at the French Open last year, struggled on her serve throughout the match and made 34 unforced errors as she fell Cepelova 5-7 6-4 6-3.
https://twitter.com/livetennis/status/615927311846633472
While Halep played far from her best, credit must be given to Jana Cepelova, who played her heart out, and came back from 0-40 in the final game to win the match.
Strong performance from No. 106 Jana Cepelova to upset No. 3 Simona Halep 57 64 63. Took advantage of SH’s 2nd serve. #Wimbledon
— Steve Tignor (@SteveTignor) June 30, 2015
Halep, like Bouchard, fell early at the French Open as well, losing to Mirjana Lucic-Baroni in the second-round.
Not a single player seems to be safe at this year’s Wimbledon, which makes for very exciting tennis!
With Andujar vs 3namer Lopez in a 5th set we are up to 16 5 setters so far in the men’s 1st rd
— Brad Gilbert (@bgtennisnation) June 30, 2015
[Image credit: Wimbledon]
