Wimbledon 2024 results, scores: Top seed Iga Swiatek suffers huge shock to Yulia Putintseva in third round
World No. 1 Iga Swiatek was sent home by Yulia Putintseva 3-6, 6-1, 6-2 at the Wimbledon Championships on Saturday. Putintseva is only the fifth woman to beat Swiatek this year and ended Swiatek’s 21-match winning streak. Swiatek’s last loss came to Wimbledon No. 4 seed Elena Rybakina at the Stuttgart Open in April.
“It feels great, it feels really great,” Punintseva said after her win. “I was just focusing on playing fast and not giving her any time and it worked.”
Swiatek has won 22 WTA singles titles and is a five-time Grand Slam champion, winning four French Opens in 2020, 2022, 2023 and 2024 and one US Open in 2022. However, she continues to struggle on the grass courts of Wimbledon. Her best performance at this major came last year when she reached the quarterfinals before losing to Elina Svitolina.
Putintseva and Swiatek have faced each other four times before, with Swiatek winning every match. This is Putintseva’s second career win against the No. 1 seed, as her last victory came against Naomi Osaka at the 2019 Japan Women’s Open.
Putintseva will now face Jelena Ostapenko in the fourth round on Monday.