Wimbledon’s bottom half of the women’s draw was blown wide open on Saturday as the defending champion, Iga Swiatek, and the world No 2, Elena Rybakina, crashed out in third-round upsets.
Swiatek’s title defence came to an end at the hands of the rising Filipina star Alexandra Eala, who undid the Pole in straight sets 7-6 (9), 6-2 while the Belgian 25th seed Elise Mertens dismantled Rybakina on a dramatic day at SW19.
