LONDON — Petra Kvitova's reign as Wimbledon champion ended on Saturday against a former world number one who upset the form book to register a shock third-round victory on a sun-drenched Centre Court.
The bemused twice champion could not find the answers to 30-year-old Serbian Jelena Jankovic's inspired shot-making and must now lick her wounds for the hardcourt season ahead, knowing her best chance of winning a grand slam this year has probably gone.
World number two Kvitova had looked in imperious form after dispatching her two previous opponents for the loss of three games but Jankovic is made of sterner stuff and after the Czech took the first set and led 4-2 she surprisingly crumbled.