The third round of the 2022 Wimbledon Championships is officially in the books. Yikes what a day. Saturday had a fantastic order of play and it certainly didn’t disappoint. There was a stage during the afternoon where there were five women’s matches going at one point – status overwhelmed! Read on for highlights of the day. We move into uncharted territory on Middle Sunday with the start of the fourth round…
Story of the day 📚
It just had to be Alizé Cornet 😂😂😂. Iga Swiatek‘s winning streak was snapped at 37 matches as Cornet repeated her triumph over Serena Williams from 2014 on No.1 Court by beating the world number one, 6-4 6-2.
There were definitely signs that this was going to be an interesting match from Swiatek’s forehand struggles in the second round against Lesley Pattinama Kerkhove. At the start of this match, Swiatek could barely put a ball in court. Cornet won the last six games of the match as Swiatek completely folded at the end in a sea of errors. It felt like Swiatek had accepted this was the end of the streak.
Yes, Swiatek was never comfortable on the grass but omg how good was Cornet?! 16 winners to seven (!) unforced errors. Cornet didn’t allow Swiatek a chance to find any rhythm out there. This has been an incredible year for…
