Wimbledon 2022 LIVE: Second seed Anett Kontaveit tumbled out of Wimbledon in the second round on Wednesday, thumped 6-4 6-0 by big-serving Jule Niemeier, who is making a mark on her first appearance at the Championships. Follow Wimbledon 2022 LIVE updates on InsideSport.IN
The 26-year-old Kontaveit could not counter the German’s huge groundstrokes and looked progressively more downhearted as she failed to find her range on a sunny No.1 court.
Wimbledon 2022 LIVE: Second seed Kontaveit beaten in Wimbledon second round
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One of the wins of The Championships ✅
Jule Niemeier stuns No.2 seed Anett Kontaveit 6-4, 6-0 in only the second Grand Slam main draw appearance of her career#Wimbledon pic.twitter.com/ss18aINMdr
— Wimbledon (@Wimbledon) June 29, 2022
Estonian Kontaveit has talked about suffering fatigue this year following a COVID-19 infection and has not played a match since the French Open last month where she was beaten in the first round.
She looked out of sorts against Niemeier, spraying groundstrokes long and wide and making 24 unforced errors in a match lasting 58 minutes.
Niemeier, 22, and ranked 97 in the world after injury problems disrupted her early progress on the tour, jumped and punched the air when Kontaveit put yet another shot into the net on match point.
“It’s amazing,” she told an appreciative lunchtime crowd. “It’s one of the greatest wins of my career so far.”
Niemeier said she was nervous before the match on a show court. “But I love to play on grass … it suits my game.”
She will play either Anhelina Kalinina or Lesia Tsurenko, both from Ukraine, in the third round.
Wimbledon 2022 LIVE: Second seed Kontaveit beaten in Wimbledon second round
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