Top seed and World No. 1 Simona Halep was sent tumbling out of Wimbledon as a week of upsets ended with another major shock here on Saturday. The French Open champion was beaten 3-6, 6-4, 7-5 by World No. 48 Hsieh Su-wei of Taiwan on Court One. Halep's defeat means nine of the top 10 women's seeds have been knocked out in the first week — leaving seventh seed Karolina Pliskova as the highest-ranked player.

The path is now even clearer for Serena Williams to challenge for an eighth Wimbledon title in only her fourth event since giving birth last September. Halep begun nervously but so did her opponent, resulting in five breaks of serve in the first five games. But having taken the first set Halep dropped the second as Hsieh began to find her range.