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Wimbledon first round sees record number of top-10 upsets

Seven top-10 singles seeds lost in Wimbledon’s first round, a record number of Grand Slam opening-round upsets in the Open Era.

No. 6 Caroline Garcia, No. 8 Petra Kvitova and No. 7 Dominic Thiem and No. 10 David Goffin all went out Tuesday after No. 5 Elina Svitolina and No. 5 Sloane Stephens and No. 6 Grigor Dimitrov were ousted Monday.

Meanwhile, major champions Rafael Nadal, Simona Halep and Garbine Muguruza all swept through the first round.