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Unexpected Upset: Alexandra Eala Triumphs Over Iga Swiatek at Wimbledon | Sports-Games
Eala used aggressive baseline play to break Swiatek early in the second set and set up a fourth-round match with Jasmine Paolini.
- On Saturday, Filipina Alexandra Eala upset defending champion Iga Swiatek 7-6, 6-2 at the All England Club, delivering the most significant upset of this year's Championships.
- Eala first made history as the first player from the Philippines to win a Wimbledon main draw match, having previously stunned Swiatek as a 19-year-old wildcard at last season's Miami Open.
- Swiatek committed more than 40 unforced errors during the two-hour match on Centre Court, while Eala won a titanic first set, saving set points before securing the straight-sets victory.
- Advancing to the fourth round, Eala will face 2024 runner-up Jasmine Paolini after defeating Renata Zarazua and Maya Joint in earlier rounds.
- Since her breakthrough win over Swiatek in Miami, Eala has become a superstar in the Philippines, a nation of around 110 million people with little previous tennis success.
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Iga Swiatek, the 2025 Wimbledon champion, will not defend her title.
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Los Angeles TimesLONDON (AP) — The defense of the title of Iga Swiatek at Wimbledon ended on Saturday with a third round defeat by 7-6 (9), 6-2 against Alexandra Eala, 21, who continues to make history for the Philippines.
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