Caroline Wozniacki was the latest grand slam champion to bite the dust at Roland Garros as she lost 0-6 6-3 6-3 to Veronika Kudermetova.
Despite winning the first seven games, Wozniacki crashed out of the French Open to the world number 68 as her struggles in 2019 continue.
As for Kudermetova, it is her first top 20 win of her career as she bounced back to reach the second round as the grand slam champions continue to fall.
Meanwhile fourth seed Kiki Bertens advanced with an impressive 6-3 6-4 win over Pauline Parmentier.
It was the perfect start for the former Australian Open champion as she cruised to the first set with some dominant play from the baseline.
The first set was completed in 34 minutes as the 13th seed won the crucial points against her 22 year-old Russian opponent.
However the second set was different from Kudermetova’s point of view as she was the one who was being clinical and winning the crucial points.
Two break of serves gave the Russian a 4-1 lead as she slowly gained more confidence throughout the match and showed more aggressive play.
Even though Wozniacki battled to one of the breaks back, the Russian remained composed on return and broke to seal the second set.
If the 13th seed wasn’t worried after the second set, she would be concerned after the first few games of the third as she conceded the early break.
The Wozniacki backhand was uncharacteristically sloppy and erratic as she was being overpowered by Kudermetova.
A share of breaks in the fifth and sixth game saw Kudermetova regain her advantage as she overcame a nervy final game to close out the biggest win of her career.
Another day, another upset!
Veronika Kudermetova fights back to topple Wozniacki 0-6 6-3 6-3.#RG19 pic.twitter.com/zvqNgUn5YJ
— Roland-Garros (@rolandgarros) May 27, 2019
It is the first top 20 win of her career which sees her in the second round of Roland Garros, which seemed to delight the Russian after the match.
As for Wozniacki she heads to Wimbledon with a host of injury problems and a wasteful clay season as she looks to improve her poor 2019.
Bertens Advances
Meanwhile in other results, Kiki Bertens advanced with a very comfortable 6-3 6-4 win over Pauline Parmentier. The fourth seed is seen to be the joint-favourite for the title and that was justified with this impressive win.
A loss of three points on her first serve saw Bertens set up a second round match with Slovakian Viktoria Kuzmova, who downed Alize Cornet in straight sets.
