{"id":408757,"date":"2024-07-02T20:18:10","date_gmt":"2024-07-02T20:18:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/?p=408757"},"modified":"2024-07-02T22:05:56","modified_gmt":"2024-07-02T22:05:56","slug":"reigning-champion-makes-disastrous-history","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/?p=408757","title":{"rendered":"Reigning champion makes disastrous history"},"content":{"rendered":"

Marketa Vondrousova became the first defending women's champion at Wimbledon<\/a> to lose in the first round the next year since 1994, eliminated 6-4, 6-2 by Jessica Bouzas Maneiro at Centre Court on Tuesday.<\/p>\n

Vondrousova was a surprise title winner at the All England Club 12 months ago, the first unseeded woman to claim the trophy at the grass-court Grand Slam tournament.<\/p>\n

Now she enters the books in another \u2014 and less-wanted \u2014 historic way. The only other time in the sport's Open era, which dates to 1968, that a woman went from a championship at Wimbledon to an immediate exit a year later was when Steffi Graf was defeated by Lori McNeil 30 years ago.<\/p>\n

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Vondrousova was seeded No. 6 this time, but the left-hander, who also was the runner-up at the 2019 French Open and a silver medalist at the Tokyo Olympics three years ago, was never at her best on Tuesday. She appeared to still be suffering after-effects from a fall during a tuneup tournament on grass in Berlin last month that hurt her hip.<\/p>\n

"This is one of the most important moments in my life, in my career, here in this sport. This is amazing," said Bouzas Maneiro, a 21-year-old from Spain who is ranked 83rd this week, equaling her career high.<\/p>\n

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"I was like, 'I have no pressure, just enjoy the moment, enjoy the tournament.' Just trying to be free playing, and I did it, so I'm happy for that," she said.<\/p>\n

The initial signs of trouble for Vondrousova on Tuesday came right away: She double-faulted three times in the very first game and got broken to trail 1-0.<\/p>\n

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She would wind up with seven double-faults, part of her total of 28 unforced errors, twice as many as Bouzas Maneiro in the 66-minute match.<\/p>\n

How big a deal was this for Bouzas Maneiro?<\/p>\n

She is competing in a Grand Slam tournament for only the third time and came into the day with an 0-2 record at those events. Bouzas Maneiro also had never won a match at a tour-level grass tournament and never beaten an opponent ranked in the top 10.<\/p>\n

"I'm surprised with myself, honestly. At the beginning, I was a little bit nervous, but then … the atmosphere was so nice," Bouzas Maneiro said. "I was comfortable here playing, and I was like at home. I don't know why."<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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