Four Top 10 women’s seeds lost in the first round of Wimbledon 2021, which equals the Open Era record set at the grass-court Grand Slam three years ago. Wednesday’s upsets of Bianca Andreescu and Belinda Bencic are added to Serena Williams’ injury exit on Tuesday and Petra Kvitova’s defeat to Sloane Stephens on Monday.
The fifth-seeded Andreescu was dominated by Alize Cornet 6-2 6-1. Andreescu has been a fixture in the Top 10 ever since she won the 2019 US Open, so it’s hard to fathom that this was only her second main-draw appearance at Wimbledon.