Wimbledon 2025 is turning into a land of upsets even after nearly two days of play. On Day 1, tennis fans watched as top-10 seeds Daniil Medvedev and Holger Rune were both bounced out. On Day 2, the ladies' side saw its share of surprising defeats.
To begin Tuesday, third-seeded Jessica Pegula, who has been playing some tremendous tennis over the last year, fell to unseeded, and WTA No. 116, Elisabetta Cocciaretto, in ridiculously ruthless fashion. The Italian took the match 6-2 6-3.
The American might have been considered one of the favorites at Wimbledon because she entered the major fresh off winning the grass-court Bad Homburg event. She defeated Iga Swiatek there. But any positive feelings gained from that tournament for Pegula were quickly swept aside as the American was broken twice while having only two winners but 13 unforced errors.
Several surprising losses on Day 2 of Wimbledon 2025
The second set was barely better. Pegula had three winners but 11 unforced errors, while the Italian kept her poise and got slightly more aggressive as the match went on. She could sense the victory. For Pegula, it was an astonishingly bad display of tennis from the WTA No. 3.
Fifth-seeded Zheng Qinwen hardly did any better. She was able to win a set from Katerina Siniakova, but the Chinese player hardly showed up in the third and decisive set, as she lost it 1-6. The odd part was that the Czech player didn't do anything outlandishly good, but also didn't seem to give up on herself like Zheng did.
This might be surprising for anyone watching the match with the sound off. Siniakova has continuously interesting body language in that she walks as if she has never won a point in her life. One might think she is playing awfully. Mentally, though, she was in much better shape.
Of course, Siniakova should come into Wimbledon with a lot of confidence, not because she has won the tournament before, but because Czech women seem to have an understanding of how to win on grass. The last two Wimbledon ladies champions have come from the country, and a third in a row would not be shocking.
On the men's side, there were a couple of minor upsets early in the day. Alexander Bublik, who had played well in June, lost a five-setter to 28-year-old Jaume Munar, who has never won a title on the ATP tour nor had a winning record in any year before 2025.
Seventh-seeded Lorenzo Musetti also lost, dropping a four-set match to Nikoloz Basilashvili. The 33-year-old Georgian has not won a title since 2021.