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No. 3 seed jinx? Jessica Pegula and Alexander Zverev both upset in
first round at Wimbledon
By Jill Martin, CNN
Updated:
3:31 PM EDT, Tue July 1, 2025
Source: CNN
Turns out this was not a good year to be a No. 3 seed in singles at
Wimbledon.
On Tuesday at the All England Lawn and Tennis Club, American Jessica
Pegula and German Alexander Zverev each were shockingly ousted in the
opening round of the tournament.
First came the stunning win by world No. 116 Elisabetta Cocciaretto of
Italy, who knocked out Pegula 6-2, 6-3 in 58 minutes.
Later in the day, in a resumption of a match that started Monday,
France’s Arthur Rinderknech notched the upset against Zverev 7-6(3),
6-7(8), 6-3, 6-7(5), 6-4.
Cocciaretto: ‘Dream come true’
Cocciaretto, 24, who missed Wimbledon last year because of extended
illness – coinciding with her drop in the world ranking – called
the win “a dream come true.”
“I was so pumped to play Wimbledon this year,” Cocciaretto said in
her on-court interview. “I couldn’t wait until the match started
because I was practicing really hard to do the best that I can
today.”
Pegula was coming off a quick turnaround heading into Wimbledon, having
won the title at the Bad Homburg Open on Saturday.
But Pegula, last year’s US Open finalist, was quick to give her
opponent credit, saying that Cocciaretto played “incredible
tennis.”
“She just was hitting her shots and going for it, serving big,
serving high percentage, going big second serves, redirecting the
ball,” Pegula told reporters. “It was just her day I honestly think
today, yeah.”
Cocciaretto will face American Katie Volynets in the second round.
Rinderknech: ‘Legs are still shaking’
As for Rinderknech, 29, his five-set win against Zverev is his first
win against an opponent in the top 10 in a major. The match Monday had
been stopped after the second set because of the Wimbledon-mandated 11
p.m. curfew.
“My legs are still shaking,” Rinderknech said in his on-court
interview. “I can’t do it anymore. I’m just happy the match is
finished.
“We started yesterday at, whatever, at 8. We finished today at 7.
Slept about six hours last night. It’s very difficult, this sport,
but I mean, what a moment. Such emotions.”
When asked if he felt like he was in control, Rinderknech joked,
“Kind of.”
“You can’t really be in control when you play someone like Sascha
Zverev, who’s No. 3 in the world, such a consistent player,” the
Frenchman, currently ranked at No. 72, said. “He’s been there for
10 years. It’s my first top-five win in the biggest stadium in the
world, so I don’t know.”
Rinderknech’s second-round opponent will be Chile’s Cristian Garin.
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