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Ladies’s No. 1 Serena Williams, who dominated the French Open and was blazing by way of the Wimbledon subject, was shocked by German No. 23 Sabine Lisicki 2-6, 6-1, 4-6 within the fourth spherical, making her the most recent upset sufferer in a Wimbledon chock filled with beautiful outcomes.
Williams has a streak of 34 match victories snapped by the German, and misplaced her bid for a sixth All England Membership crown. Main as much as her matchup with Williams, Lisicki sounded the tune of a assured participant not intimidated by Williams’ highly effective serve and ruthless all-around recreation.
“Everyone’s a human being,” Lisicki mentioned. “I used to be in that state of affairs final 12 months when all people was saying that [then No. 1 Maria] Sharapova was the favourite. I am most likely going into that match being the underdog however I like that. I’ve nothing to lose.” Lisicki additionally upset Sharapova in the identical spherical at Wimbledon in 2012.
As soon as Lisicki gained the primary set, that appeared to open the chance that Williams could possibly be had. After this loss, Serena is 8-8 at Wimbledon after dropping the primary set.
With Williams out, No. 17 Sloane Stephens turns into the final remaining American girl at Wimbledon, following a 4-6, 7-5, 6-1 win over Wimbledon’s darling, 19-year-old Puerto Rican Monica Puig.
Puig made her assertion on Day 1 of Wimbledon by knocking off No. 5 Sara Errani in straight units, after Errani had simply reached the quarterfinals of the French Open. She was then victorious in three units over Silvia Soler-Espinosa of Spain in Spherical 2, adopted by a comeback win over Eva Birnerova, by which she dropped the opening set.
Stephens gained in straight units in Spherical 1 as nicely, in opposition to fellow American Jamie Hampton. In Spherical 2 Stephens wanted three units to beat Andrea Petkovic of Germany, and one other three units to grind out a win in opposition to Petra Cetkovska of Czechoslovakia.
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