’17 champ Muguruza, finalist Cilic out in Wimbledon upsets

July 5, 2018 Updated Thu., July 5, 2018 at 6:52 p.m.

By Howard Fendrich Associated Press

Wimbledon

ATP WORLD TOUR/WTA TOUR

Thursday’s results

At The All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club, London

Surface: Grass-Outdoor

Men’s Singles – Second Round

Karen Khachanov, Russia, def. Marcos Baghdatis, Cyprus, 6-3, 6-4, 3-6, 6-7 (4), 7-5.

Frances Tiafoe, United States, def. Julien Benneteau, France, 4-6, 6-3, 6-4, 6-2.

Kyle Edmund (21), Britain, def. Bradley Klahn, United States, 6-4, 7-6 (0), 6-2.

Novak Djokovic (12), Serbia, def. Horacio Zeballos, Argentina, 6-1, 6-2, 6-3.

Nick Kyrgios (15), Australia, def. Robin Haase, Netherlands, 6-3, 6-4, 7-5.

Kei Nishikori (24), Japan, def. Bernard Tomic, Australia, 2-6, 6-3, 7-6 (7), 7-5.

Ernests Gulbis, Latvia, def. Damir Dzumhur (27), Bosnia-Herzegovina, 2-6, 6-4, 6-3, 1-6, 6-3.

Juan Martin del Potro (5), Argentina, def. Feliciano Lopez, Spain, 6-4, 6-1, 6-2.

Benoit Paire, France, def. Denis Shapovalov (26), Canada, 0-6, 6-2, 6-4, 7-6 (3).

Gilles Simon, France, def. Matteo Berrettini, Italy, 6-3, 7-6 (4), 6-2.

Matthew Ebden, Australia, def. Stephane Robert, France, 6-3, 7-6 (5), 4-6, 6-1.

Jiri Vesely, Czech Republic, def. Diego Schwartzman (14), Argentina, 6-3, 6-4, 7-6 (3).

Fabio Fognini (19), Italy, def. Simone Bolelli, Italy, 6-3, 6-4, 6-1.

Alex De Minaur, Australia, def. Pierre-Hugues Herbert, France, 6-2, 6-7 (8), 7-5, 6-3.

Guido Pella, Argentina, def. Marin Cilic (3), Croatia, 3-6, 1-6, 6-4, 7-6(3), 7-5.

Rafael Nadal (2), Spain, def. Mikhail Kukushkin, Kazakhstan, 6-4, 6-3, 6-4.

Stefanos Tsitsipas (31), Greece, def. Jared Donaldson, United States, 6-3, 6-2, 3-6, 4-6, 6-3

Kevin Anderson (8), South Africa, def. Andreas Seppi, Italy 6-3, 6-7(5), 6-3, 1-1.

Thomas Fabbiano, Italy def. Stan Wawrinka, Switzerland, 7-6 (7), 6-3, 7-6 (6).

John Isner (9), United States, def. Ruben Bemelmans, Belgium 6-1, 6-4, 6-7(6), 6-7(3), 3-4.

Philipp Kohlschreiber, Germany, def. Gilles Muller, Luxembourg, 7-6 (6), 7-6 (4), 7-6 (3).

Women’s Singles – Second Round

Simona Halep (1), Romania, def. Saisai Zheng, China, 7-5, 6-0.

Garbine Muguruza (3), Venezuela, def. Alison Van Uytvanck, Belgium, 7-5 2-6, 6-1

Su-Wei Hsieh, Taiwan, def. Lara Arruabarrena-Vecino, Spain, 6-3, 6-3.

Dominika Cibulkova, Slovakia, def. Johanna Konta (22), Britain, 6-3, 6-4.

Elise Mertens (15), Belgium, def. Sachia Vickery, United States, 6-1, 6-3.

Jelena Ostapenko (12), Latvia, def. Kirsten Flipkens, Belgium, 6-1, 6-3.

Vitalia Diatchenko, Russia, def. Sofia Kenin, United States, 6-4, 6-1.

Daria Gavrilova (26), Australia, def. Samantha Stosur, Australia, 6-4, 6-1.

Aliaksandra Sasnovich, Belarus, def. Taylor Townsend, United States, 6-0, 6-4.

Alison Van Uytvanck, Belgium, def. Garbine Muguruza (3), Spain, 5-7, 6-2, 6-1.

Anett Kontaveit (28), Estonia, def. Jennifer Brady, United States, 6-2, 7-6 (4).

Ashleigh Barty (17), Australia, def. Eugenie Bouchard, Canada, 6-4, 7-5.

Daria Kasatkina (14), Russia, def. Yulia Putintseva, Kazakhstan, 6-2, 6-3.

Angelique Kerber (11), Germany, def. Claire Liu, United States, 3-6, 6-2, 6-4.

Naomi Osaka (18), Japan, def. Katie Boulter, Britain, 6-3, 6-4.

Carla Suarez-Navarro (27), Spain, def. Sara Sorribes Tormo, Spain, 6-4, 6-1.

Belinda Bencic, Switzerland, def. Alison Riske, United States, 1-6, 7-6 (10), 6-2.

Barbora Strycova (23), Czech Republic, def. Lesia Tsurenko, Ukraine, 6-1, 6-4.

Davril Gavrilova (26), Russia, def. Samantha Stosur, Australia, 6-4, 6-1.

Carla Suarez Navarro (26), Spain, def. Sara Sorribes Tormo, Spain, 6-4, 6-1.

Katerina Siniakova, Czech Republic, def. Ons Jabeur, Tunisia, 5-7, 6-4, 9-7.

Men’s Doubles – First Round

Leonardo Mayer, Argentina and Joao Sousa, Portugal, def. Fernando Verdasco, Spain and David Marrero Santana, Spain, 7-6 (6), 6-4, 6-7 (7), 6-1.

Philipp Petzschner, Germany and Tim Puetz, Germany, def. Vasek Pospisil, Canada and Ryan Harrison, United States, 6-4, 7-6 (8), 6-2.

Vishnu Vardhan, India and N. Sriram Balaji, India, def. Wesley Koolhof, Netherlands and Marcus Daniell, New Zealand, 7-6 (5), 6-4, 7-6 (4).

Jan-Lennard Struff, Germany and Ben Mclachlan (14), Japan, def. Nicholas Monroe, United States and John-Patrick Smith, Australia, 6-4, 7-5, 6-4.

Edouard Roger-Vasselin, France and Rohan Bopanna (12), India, def. John Millman, Australia and Alex De Minaur, Australia, 6-2, 6-2, 6-4.

Frederik Nielsen, Denmark and Joe Salisbury, Britain, def. Julien Benneteau, France and Adrian Mannarino, France, 6-4, 1-0, ret.

Robert Farah, Colombia and Juan Sebastian Cabal (6), Colombia, def. Guillermo Garcia-Lopez, Spain and Pablo Carreno-Busta, Spain, 6-4, 7-6 (10), 2-6, 6-1.

Alexander Peya, Austria and Nikola Mektic (8), Croatia, def. Jurgen Melzer, Austria and Daniel Nestor, Canada, 6-3, 6-4, 6-4.

Santiago Gonzalez, Mexico and Marcelo Demoliner, Brazil, def. Marius Copil, Romania and Stefanos Tsitsipas, Greece, 6-4, 6-4, 6-2.

Maximo Gonzalez, Argentina and Nicolas Jarry, Chile, def. Henri Kontinen, Finland and John Peers (3), Australia, 6-4, 6-4, 3-6, 4-6, 8-6.

Mike Bryan, United States and Jack Sock (7), United States, def. Daniele Bracciali, Italy and Andreas Seppi, Italy, 6-3, 2-0, ret.

Matwe Middelkoop, Netherlands and Sander Arends, Netherlands, def. Austin Krajicek, United States and Jeevan Nedunchezhiyan, India, 7-6 (5), 7-6 (3), 7-6 (2).

Kevin Krawietz, Germany and Andreas Mies, Germany, def. James Cerretini, United States and Romain Arneodo, Monaco, 6-3, 7-6 (4), 4-6, 6-3.

Artem Sitak, New Zealand and Divij Sharan, India, def. Malek Jaziri, Tunisia and Radu Albot, Moldova, 7-6 (4), 6-7 (8), 6-3, 6-2.

Aisam-ul-Haq Qureshi, Pakistan and Jean-Julien Rojer, Netherland, def. David Ferrer, Spain and Marc Lopez, Spain, 7-6 (3), 6-4, 6-4.

Raven Klaasen, South Africa and Michael Venus, New Zealand def. Alex Bolt, Australia and Lleyton Hewitt, Australia, 7-5, 6-2, 3-6, 6-1.

Julio Peralta, Chile and Horacio Zeballos, Argentina, def. Max Mirnyi, Belarus and Philipp Oswald, Austria, 6-1, 6-7 (5-7), 6-2, 7-6.

Women’s Doubles – First Round

Kristina Mladenovic, France and Timea Babos (1), Hungary, def. Miyu Kato, Japan and Eri Hozumi, Japan, 6-4, 6-3.

Johanna Larsson, Sweden and Kiki Bertens (9), Netherlands, def. Renata Voracova, Czech Republic and Monique Adamczak, Australia, 6-2, 6-3.

Arina Rodionova, Australia and Maryna Zanevska, Belgium, def. Oksana Kalashnikova, Georgia and Makoto Ninomiya, Japan, 6-4, 6-2.

Abigail Spears, United States and Alicja Rosolska, Poland, def. Eva Hrdinova, Czech Republic and Giuliana Olmos, Mexico, 6-1, 6-4.

Shuai Peng, China and Latisha Chan (5), Taiwan, def. Jimmy Wang, Taiwan and Raluca-Ioana Olaru, Romania, 7-5, 6-3.

Barbora Krejcikova, Czech Republic and Katerina Siniakova (3), Czech Republic, def. Alexa Guarachi Mathison, Chile and Erin Routliffe, New Zealand, 6-2, 2-6, 6-2.

Anna-Lena Groenefeld, Germany and Raquel Atawo (11), United States, def. Anna Smith, Britain and Xenia Knoll, Switzerland, 4-6, 6-3, 6-3.

Tatjana Maria, Germany and Heather Watson, Britain, def. Zhang Shuai, China and Chen Liang, China, 6-2, 6-2.

Vera Zvonareva, Russia and Ekaterina Makarova, Russia, def. Marketa Vondrousova, Czech Republic and Anna Blinkova, Russia, 6-3, 6-4.

Mihaela Buzarnescu, Romania and Irina Begu (15), Romania, def. Daria Gavrilova, Australia and Vera Lapko, Belarus, 6-3, 7-6 (3).

Magdalena Rybarikova, Slovakia and Petra Martic, Croatia, def. Lidziya Marozava, Belarus and Lesley Kerkhove, Netherlands, 7-5, 6-3.

Katarina Srebotnik, Slovenia and Vania King, United States, def. Irina Khromacheva, Russia and Dalila Jakupovic, Slovenia, 6-2, 6-2.

Bethanie Mattek-Sands, United States and Lucie Safarova, Czech Republic, def. Alla Kudryavtseva, Russia and Lyudmyla Kichenok (16), Ukraine, 7-6 (6), 7-5.

Katy Dunne, Britain and Harriet Dart, Britain, def. Katerina Bondarenko, Ukraine and Aleksandra Krunic, Serbia, 6-1, 6-3.

Barbora Strycova, Czech Republic and Andrea Sestini Hlavackova (2), Czech Republic, def. Pere Riba, Spain and Polona Hercog, Slovenia, 4-6, 6-1, 6-4.

Hao-Ching Chan, Taiwan and Zhaoxuan Yang, China def. Ysaline Bonaventure, Belgium and Bibiane Schoofs, Netherlands, 6-4, 6-1.

Veronika Kudermetova, Russia, and Aryna Sabalenka, Belarus def. Danielle Collins, United States and Jessica Moore, Australia, 5-7, 6-4, 6-2.

LONDON – Garbine Muguruza insisted she wasn’t thinking about attempting to win a second consecutive Wimbledon championship. She was adamant that she was not focusing on defending her title.

“It doesn’t really matter,” she would say, “what happened in 2017.”

Well, it seems safe to say she’ll really want to forget what happened at the All England Club in 2018. Muguruza was stunned in the second round 5-7, 6-2, 6-1 by 47th-ranked Alison Van Uytvanck of Belgium on Thursday, the latest upset in a series of them at the grass-court major tournament.

“It’s a little bit sad,” Muguruza said. “But today didn’t go my way.”

That’s become a familiar refrain for prominent women at this topsy-turvy Wimbledon.

Only two of the top eight seeded women are still in the field after four days of action.

Van Uytvanck, meanwhile, began this week with a 1-4 record at Wimbledon and only one Grand Slam quarterfinal appearance to her name. Muguruza, meanwhile, owns two major titles, including the 2016 French Open, and was the runner-up at the All England Club in 2015.

But that didn’t matter on this day.

Van Uytvanck was aggressive from the baseline, compiling a 29-18 advantage in winners, and broke in seven of Muguruza’s 13 service games. Still, it was not easy finishing off the most significant victory of her career.

“Inside,” the 24-year-old Belgian said, “I was, like, dying.”

The No. 3-seeded Muguruza joined No. 2 Caroline Wozniacki, No. 4 Sloane Stephens, No. 5 Elina Svitolina, No. 6 Caroline Garcia and No. 8 Petra Kvitova on the way out so far, along with five-time major champion Maria Sharapova. Those departures leave No. 1 Simona Halep, the French Open champion who won in straight sets Thursday, and No. 7 Karolina Pliskova in the field, along with seven-time Wimbledon champion Serena Williams, who is seeded 25th, and five-time champ Venus Williams, who is No. 9.

“I mean, anyone, on a good day, can beat anyone,” Van Uytvanck said. “That’s what I think. I still think the top players, their average level is higher than, let’s say, sub-top players. But anyone on a good day can beat anyone, for sure.”

Sure seems that way, particularly this week.

Among the men, too.

Résumés and past performances do not matter. At all.

Marin Cilic, for example, entered his second-round match with all sorts of advantages in experience and success over his opponent, including a runner-up finish at the All England Club a year ago and a U.S. Open title in 2014.

So when Cilic took a two-sets-to-none lead against a guy who began the week with records of 0-2 at Wimbledon and 6-15 at all majors, it appeared the No. 3 seed was on his way to a straightforward victory and a step closer to a potential semifinal rematch against defending champion Roger Federer.

Hold that thought. The outcome that seemed obvious vanished, and Cilic is gone, giving away a big edge in a 3-6, 1-6, 6-4, 7-6 (3), 7-5 loss to 82nd-ranked Guido Pella of Argentina in a match completed Thursday after being suspended midway through the third set because of rain the evening before.

“A big surprise,” Pella said.

Cilic called it a “big disappointment.”

“Just didn’t feel so good. I was not as accurate as yesterday,” he said. “I was just missing some balls, giving him chance to keep playing.”

His exit means the highest-seeded man No. 1 Federer possibly could face before the final as he bids for a record-extending ninth Wimbledon title would be No. 8 Kevin Anderson or No. 9 John Isner. They’re two of the tour’s biggest servers, and both won contests carried over from Wednesday.

Isner hit 64 aces and saved two match points in his victory. In another suspended match, three-time major champion Stan Wawrinka of Poland lost to qualifier Thomas Fabbiano of Italy.

On the other half of the draw, two past champions, Rafael Nadal and Novak Djokovic, both advanced in straight sets. Not all went smoothly for Djokovic, though: He was visited by a trainer after feeling pain in his left knee over the last couple of games because of what he termed “a bad move” during a point.

“It seems like it’s nothing major. Hopefully, tomorrow I’ll see (at) the practice session how it feels,” the 12-time major champion said. “Hopefully it’s going to be fine.”

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