US EditionJasmine Falls: Top Seed Tumbles at Wimbledon | Sports-Games
- Kamilla Rakhimova, an unseeded Russian player, defeated Italian fourth seed Jasmine Paolini on July 2, 2025, at Wimbledon 2025 in London.
- Rakhimova's win followed her focus on her own game rather than the opponent, overcoming Paolini who was the 2024 Wimbledon runner-up and fourth seed.
- The match on Court Three ended in a 4-6, 6-4, 6-4 scoreline, with Rakhimova building a 4-2 lead in the final set before Paolini sent a baseline shot long.
- Rakhimova secured her first victory over a top-10 player by converting her fourth match point, explaining that she focused on her own game and treated her opponent as any other competitor rather than concentrating on their ranking.
- Paolini's exit left only one of the top five women's seeds remaining in the Wimbledon tournament and equaled a record 23 seeds failing to reach the second round at a Grand Slam.
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Seeds Keep Tumbling at Wimbledon 2025 As World Number Four Jasmine Paolini Loses to Kamilla Rakhimova in Second Round
The upsets kept coming in the women's bracket Wednesday, with No. 12-seeded Diana Shnaider losing 6-4, 6-1 to Diane Parry and No. 22 Donna Vekic, who lost to Paolini in the semifinals last year, going out 6-1, 6-3 to Cristina Busca. Paolini lost in the final of both the French Open and Wimbledon last year but has not been past the fourth round in the four majors since. Seeds Keep Tumbling at Wimbledon 2025 As World Number Four Jasmine Paolini Lo…
July 2, 2025 – London – EFE. Jasmine Paolini, the Italian tennis player who was finalist at Wimbledon in 2024, was eliminated in the second round after losing a fighting match against Russian Kamilla Rakhimova with markers of 4-6, 6-4 and 6-4. This result surprised many, as Paolini defended her performance of the previous year in this tournament. Upon leaving, Paolini became the last top ten player to leave Wimbledon, leaving Aryna Sabalenka as …
Wimbledon 2025: Seeds keep tumbling as World No. 4 Paolini loses to Rakhimova in second round
Last year’s runner-up Jasmine Paolini became the fourth top-five seed to exit the women’s bracket at Wimbledon 2025, losing 4-6, 6-4, 6-4 on Wednesday to unseeded Kamilla Rakhimova in the second round.
Russian tennis player Kamila Rakhimova pulled off one of the biggest upsets at Wimbledon, advancing to the second round with a 4-6, 6-4, 6-4 victory over last year's finalist Jasmine Paolini.
The Tuscan tennis player is defeated by the Russian Rakhimova in three sets and must leave the London Major in time. Bellucci beats Lehecka to surprise
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