WIMBLEDON, England — Iga Swiatek, the world No. 1 and top seed at Wimbledon, did something she hadn’t done in more than four months on Saturday. He lost a tennis match.
Swiatek, the 21-year-old two-time Grand Slam champion from Poland, lost to Alizé Cornet, the veteran Frenchwoman, 6-4, 6-2, ending her 37-match winning streak, one of the longest in modern women’s tennis. tennis. .
Swiatek, however, didn’t lose the match so much as Cornet won it, emphatically even.
Playing with a strap on her left thigh, Cornet came out swinging hard, matching Swiatek’s power and taking advantage of the Polish champion’s difficulty on grass.
After dropping the first set, Swiatek appeared to make things right quickly and took a 2-0 lead. But Cornet made it six straight games with Swiatek losing the final point with a forehand into the middle of the net.
