Wimbledon: Garbine Muguruza loses to Alison van Uytvanck

Defending champion Garbine Muguruza was sensationally knocked out of Wimbledon by journeywoman Alison van Uytvanck leaving just one of the top six seeds left after only two rounds Belgian 47thranked Van Uytvanck triumphed 57 62 61 for her firstever win over a top 10 opponentMuguruzas defeat leaves just top seed Simona Halep number seven Karolina Pliskova and 10th seed Madison Keys as the remaining topranked contenders after two rounds In the mens event third seed and last years runnerup Marin Cilic was knocked out by Argentinas Guido Pella Fourth seed Alexander Zverev was teetering on the brink of defeat when he trailed Taylor Fritz of the United States by two sets to one when their second round tie was suspended for the nightElsewhere Rafael Nadal overcame two time warnings and Novak Djokovic shrugged off a knee problem to battle into the third round I knew that if I let her play I would lose so I thought lets go for it said 24yearold Van Uytvanck who has made the third round for the first time I may have looked calm but inside I was dying Muguruza admitted it had not been her dayShe played big took risks and it worked for her but my level was not where I wanted it to be said the deposed champion Its a little bit sad World number one Nadal defeated Mikhail Kukushkin of Kazakhstan 64 63 64 and will next face Australian teenager Alex de Minaur Djokovic the threetime champion needed treatment on his left knee on Court Two but still had too much for Argentinas Horacio Zeballos winning 61 62 63Djokovic has now made the third round for 10 consecutive years and will face British 21st seed Kyle Edmund Cilic blew a twoset lead in his 36 16 64 76 73 75 loss to Argentinas Guido Pella ranked at 82 When rain forced the tie to be postponed on Wednesday Cilic was leading by two sets against an opponent who had never won a match at Wimbledon before this yearBut the Croatian collapsed once the match resumed on Court One on Thursday and Pella took full advantage to set up a third round clash with Mackenzie McDonald of the United States Cilic the 2014 US Open champion had been expected to mount a strong challenge for the Wimbledon title after winning the grasscourt warmup at Queens Club two weeks agoBut his defeat is good news for defending champion Roger Federer who was on course to face Cilic in the semifinals Yesterday he was playing so good hitting the ball so hard that I couldnt do anything Pella said So the rain helped me a lot Today I played differently tried to be more aggressive he started to feel uncomfortableNadal the 2008 and 2010 champion was tested by world number 77 Kukushkin who was made to pay for converting just two of 13 break points He was also hit with two time violations one before the match had even started as he sat courtside I didnt know but I dont see a clock here I dont see a countdown Its more difficult for me to understand whats going on said 11time French Open champion Nadal who is chasing an 18th majorFor Djokovic meanwhile victory was his 60th at Wimbledon He hit 15 aces and 31 winners in a commanding win over 33yearold Zeballos who was a top 40 player in 2013 but was playing at Wimbledon ranked a lowly 126 Former world number one Djokovic shrugged off a knee injury he suffered in the matchIts most likely a twitch in the muscle or something like this that has affected the knee a little bit Hopefully its nothing that will concern me said Djokovic Threetime major winner Stan Wawrinka was unable to follow up his first round defeat of sixth seed Grigor Dimitrov when he lost 76 97 63 76 86 to Italian qualifier Thomas FabbianoFifthseeded Juan Martin del Potro who made the semifinals in 2013 eased past 36yearold Feliciano Lopez a threetime quarterfinalist who was playing in a record 66th consecutive major Del Potros 64 61 62 win setup a third round clash with Frances Benoit Paire John Isner the US ninth seed saved two match points fired 64 aces and 88 winners to defeat Belgian qualifier Ruben Bemelmans 61 64 67 68 67 37 75Nick Kyrgios seeded 15 unleashed 42 winners to see off Robin Haase of the Netherlands 63 64 75 Kyrgios next faces Japans Kei Nishikori who put out Australian lucky loser Bernard Tomic 26 63 76 97 75 French Open champion Halep reached the third round with a 75 60 win over Chinas Zheng Saisai and next plays Hsieh SuWei of TaiwanAlso Read Wimbledon Djokovic Nadal Enter Round 3 With Easy WinsCatch up on all the latest sports news and updates here Also download the new midday Android and iOS apps to get latest updatesThis story has been sourced from a third party syndicated feed agencies Except for the change in headline the story has been provided ASIS AS AVAILABLE without any verification or editing from our side Midday accepts no responsibility or liability for its dependability trustworthiness reliability and data of the text Midday managementmiddaycom reserves the sole right to alter delete or remove without notice the content in its absolute discretion for any reason whatsoever