Gauff’s Wimbledon Dreams Shattered Early
If anyone thought momentum from a Grand Slam win could guarantee a deep Wimbledon run, Coco Gauff just proved otherwise. Still riding high on her French Open title, the American world No. 2 tumbled out of Wimbledon 2025, battered by Ukraine’s Dayana Yastremska in a match nobody saw coming. The final score—7-6(3), 6-1—tells only half the story.
The closed roof on No. 1 Court seemed to trap the tension as Gauff’s serve unravelled. By the time the last ball was struck, she had racked up nine double faults and smacked out 29 unforced errors, with 17 coming in a lopsided second set. For a player who looked unbeatable just weeks ago in Paris, Gauff’s grass-court form told a different tale entirely. She managed to win just 44% of points on her second serve, and those numbers left her exposed as Yastremska came at her again and again.
Yastremska’s Aggressive Rise and Tournament Chaos
For Yastremska, the win had layers of satisfaction. It was her first victory against Gauff after three previous losses, and it set off a wild scene, given the day’s string of upsets. Yastremska herself called her play 'on fire,' and it wasn’t just hype. Her aggressive baseline tactics pinned Gauff back, especially on that shaky second serve. The Ukrainian broke Gauff’s serve four times—seizing momentum and never letting go. This performance echoes her upset of Top 2 talent before, like Karolina Pliskova in 2019, but doing it to Gauff right after her French Open triumph was a different kind of statement.
The loss pushed Gauff into an exclusive but unwanted club, standing with Serena Williams (2013) and Anastasia Myskina (2004) as the only women to fall out of Wimbledon in the first round right after lifting the French Open trophy. It also tied into a broader theme—the collapse of seeds across the main draw. In an opening round that felt custom designed for bracket busters, 23 seeds had already packed their bags. Not even No. 3 Jessica Pegula survived the onslaught, further underlining the unpredictability slicing through the women’s field.
Gauff’s frustrations were clear as each double fault and missed opportunity stacked up. Yastremska pressed every Gauff weakness for maximum impact, keeping rallies short, points quick, and finishing off a dream win in just over an hour and a half.
With her season flipped upside down in a single match, Coco Gauff will now have to regroup far sooner than anyone expected. Meanwhile, Dayana Yastremska rides forward, no longer just an upset artist, but a player who just knocked out the hottest champion in tennis.
