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Defending Wimbledon champion Vondrousova stunned in the first round!

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Twenty-one-year-old Jessica Bouzas Maneiro of Spain upset defending champion Marketa Vondrousova 6-4 6-2 in the first round of Wimbledon on Center Court.

Marketa Vondrousova

In the first set, the world No.83 Bouzas Maneiro took an early 2-0 lead. Although Vondrousova managed to level the score, Maneiro broke serve again in the seventh game and shortly afterwards served it out at love.

The second set began with the sixth-seeded Vondrousova dropping serve. Although she recovered immediately, Bouzas Maneiro won five of the next six games, securing her place in the second round of Wimbledon for the first time in her career.