LIMP END FOR PEGULA, HURKACZ

World No. 5 loses to Wang in second round, injured Pole retires against Fils as seeds fall

LONDON - Seeded players fell in the men and women's draws at Wimbledon on July 4, as Hubert Hurkacz and Jessica Pegula suffered defeats at the All England Club in London.

American world No. 5 Pegula was the first top-five seed to fall, although two-time Australian Open champion and world No. 3 Aryna Sabalenka withdrew before the tournament due to a shoulder injury.

On July 2, sixth seed Marketa Vondrousova became the first defending women's Wimbledon champion to lose in the first round for 30 years.

Polish seventh seed Hurkacz's exit came two days after sixth seed Andrey Rublev went out in the first round. On July 3, eighth seed Casper Ruud made it to the second round before he, too, fell by the wayside.

On July 4, Pegula lost 6-4, 6-7 (7-9), 6-1 to China's Wang Xinyu in the second round.

She had battled back after losing the first set, saving a match point in the second-set tiebreak before levelling the match.

But 42nd-ranked Wang raced to a 5-0 lead in the decider before wrapping up the contest to record her first win against a top-10 player.