Coco Gauff stunned at Wimbledon in jaw-dropping…
From a Grand Slam victory to a first-round exit.
No. 2 seed Coco Gauff was stunned in the first spherical at Wimbledon on Tuesday, falling to Ukrainian Dayana Yastremska, 7-6, 6-1.
Gauff, 21, was coming off a win at the French Open for her second Grand Slam title.
Coco Gauff reacts during her first-round Wimbledon loss on July 1, 2025. Getty Images
The loss snaps a streak of making it to the fourth spherical in seven straight grand slams for Gauff.
“I think it was a great match today. I was really on fire,” Yastremska mentioned on the court after the match, mentioning she had fire painted on her nails.
“Playing against Coco, it is something special. … She’s a great player and great person.”
Since bursting onto the scene as a teenager by making it to the fourth spherical at Wimbledon in 2019, Gauff has yet to get previous that spherical at the All England Club.
Dayana Yastremska reacts during her Wimbledon win over Coco Gauff on July 1, 2025. AP
She also misplaced in the first spherical at Wimbledon two years in the past to Sofia Kenin.
However, she rebounded to win the 2023 U.S. Open for her first profession Grand Slam title, which began the streak of seven straight fourth rounds reached at Grand Slams.
Gauff made it to the semifinals at the 2024 Australian and French Opens and made the quarters at this 12 months’s Australian Open before profitable at Roland Garros.
This is a developing story.
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