LONDON: World No. 1 Iga Swiatek was stunned Saturday by Yulia Putintseva at Wimbledon's third round while Elina Svitolina eliminated two-time tournament champion Ons Jabeur."It feels really great. I don't know how I did it. I was focused on playing fast and not giving her any time and it worked," Putintseva from Kazakhstan said after knocking off the reigning French Open champion from Poland, 3-6, 6-1, 6-2. "My coach told me to stay intense in every point. I've always been fired up since I was a kid."Putintseva will face Jelena Ostapenko from Latvia in the fourth round.Ukrainian Svitolina, who beat world No. 10 Jabeur of Tunisia in straight sets, 6-1, 7-6(4), said: "It's not easy to play such a champion as Ons is. She had a great two finals here. Always very tricky to play her on the grass.""It was really important to play one point at a time and focus. I played great tennis today and was happy with how I handled tough moments today," she added.Svitolina will take on Xinyu Wang from China in the nex t round.Source: Philippines News agency
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Swiatek, Jabeur booted out of Wimbledon 3rd round
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