Wimbledon 2026 | One of my biggest wins: Mertens after upsetting No. 2 Rybakina

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Former Wimbledon champion Elena Rybakina suffered a shock third-round exit in a 7-6 (7-4), 6-1 defeat against Elise Mertens on Saturday.

Rybakina was hoping to follow her Australian Open triumph in January by winning Wimbledon for the second time. But the World No. 2 was unable to emulate her 2022 victory here as Belgian 25th seed Mertens produced a major upset on Court One.

Rybakina, 27, also endured a disappointing early departure from the recent French Open, losing to Yuliia Starodubtseva in the second round.

The Russia-born Kazakhstani, who beat Ons Jabeur to win Wimbledon four years ago, has failed to make it past the third round on her last two visits to south-west London.

Mertens is a two-time Wimbledon doubles champion and has now reached the last 16 in the All England Club singles on four occasions. “It is one of the biggest wins of my career. I had some doubles successes here before, but I’m really pleased with my performance here today,” said Mertens.

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