When the body count began rising among Wimbledon women's seeds, one big name looked more vulnerable than most. Iga Swiatek, the recently dethroned Queen of Clay, has rarely looked like royalty on grass.
She was a Wimbledon junior champion, so the potential is there, but as an adult in five previous attempts, the four-time French Open winner has only twice made it into the second week at Wimbledon, and never beyond the quarter-finals.
So when she lost the first set to American Caty McNally on Centre Court on Thursday in their second-round clash, there were plenty of sages intimating they knew what was coming.
