Wimbledon: Serena Williams loses Harmony Tan in Round 1!
Serena Williams was eliminated at the start of the 2022 Wimbledon tournament: she lost to French Harmony Tan 5: 7, 6: 1 and 6: 7 (7).
by Florian Goosmann
last edit: Jun 28, 2022, 11:59 pm
Serena Williams' comeback ended with her first appearance at Wimbledon in 2022. Williams lost for the third time at the start of a Grand Slam tournament, after 2012 at the French Open and Wimbledon last year - but she gave up injured.
Since then, Williams had not played a single match, and participation in Wimbledon this year came as a surprise. And you noticed Williams' lack of match practice. She started badly, quickly trailing 2-0, but recovered and went on to win four games in a row, but in the end Tan grabbed the set lead.
Round two was then a clear thing for the 23-time major winner, who also had all the trumps in the third round, after the break to 5: 4, which she celebrated powerfully, but gave up again immediately. She energetically fended off a match point at 6: 5 for Tan, then in the tie break she quickly made it 4: 0, but the Frenchwoman didn't give up and cheered at the end.
Williams with force, Tan with a lot of slice
It was an unequal duel in every respect, between the long-time No. 1 and the current world No. 115, who was in the Wimbledon main draw for the first time.
Tan played the complete opposite of Williams, extremely variable and with a lot of forehand slice; In the end, Williams lacked the patience to consistently build up and finish the points in a structured manner. She often chose the completely senseless violent volleyball.
"When I was young, I watched her on TV so often. And now, at my first Wimbledon participation ... wow," Tan stammered with joy at the winner's interview. Crazy: Tan's trainer Nathalie Tauziat once played against Williams herself!
"When I saw the draw, I was scared. That was Serena Williams, a legend, how can I win against her? Maybe I'll do a game or two, that would be good..." Tan explained the first look at it Draw. In the end there were a few more games, namely 15 for the 24-year-old.
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Iga Swiatek continues, Tatjana Maria also wins the finish
Earlier on the day, top favorite and world number one Iga Swiatek had reached the second round without any problems: she won against Jana Fett 6:0, 6:3 - but had to make up for a deficit of 1:3 and 0:40 in round two.
Ex-winners Petra Kvitova (2: 6, 6: 4, 6: 2 against Jasmine Paolini) and Simona Halep (6: 3, 6: 2 against Karolina Muchova) are also through. Meanwhile, co-favorite Cori Gauff had to fight hard - she won 2: 6, 6: 3, 7: 5 against the tricky Elena-Gabriela Ruse.
Good news from a German perspective: Tatjana Maria won the opening game that was interrupted on Monday - she beat Astra Sharma 4: 6, 6: 3 and 6: 4. Andrea Petkovic and Nastasja Schunk are now eliminated.
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