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London - Petra Kvitova crashed out of Wimbledon in the first round on Tuesday as the two-time champion was stunned 6-4, 4-6, 6-0 by unheralded Belarusian Aliaksandra Sasnovich.
Kvitova was the bookmakers' favourite for the women's title at the All England Club after an impressive return to form this year.
The 28-year-old Czech had won five titles in 2018, including the grass-court tournament at Birmingham last weekend, while amassing an WTA Tour-leading 38 match victories.
But Kvitova, who won Wimbledon in 2011 and 2014, had insisted before the tournament that she wasn't the top contender after suffering a hamstring problem that forced her to pull out of Eastbourne last week.
That lack of confidence was reflected in the eighth seed's disappointing performance on Court One and world number 50 Sasnovich took full advantage.
It was another Grand Slam setback for Kvitova, who has gone out before the quarter-finals in five of her six appearances at the majors since returning to action following the horrific stabbing that derailed her career in 2016.
The knife attack had Kvitova's home left severe lacerations to all four fingers on her playing hand.
Sasnovich's reward for the best result of her career is a second round clash with American Taylor Townsend.
"It was good but I can play better. Probably I deserved it today," Sasnovich said after closing out the win with consecutive aces.
"I was just warming up when the score was 5-0 in the final set. I could have played one more match!"
Wimbledon results on Tuesday, the second day of the 2018 championships (x denotes seeded player):
Men
First round
Radu Albot (MDA) bt Pablo Carreño-Busta (ESP x20) 3-6, 6-0, 6-7 (5/7), 6-2, 6-1
Marcos Baghdatis (CYP) bt Dominic Thiem (AUT x7) 6-4, 7-5, 2-0 - retired
Karen Khachanov (RUS) bt David Ferrer (ESP) 6-1, 7-6 (7/3), 3-6, 7-5
Julien Benneteau (FRA) bt Márton Fucsovics (HUN) 7-5, 7-5, 6-3
Frances Tiafoe (USA) bt Fernando Verdasco (ESP x30) 7-6 (8/6), 7-6 (7/5), 3-6, 6-3
Kyle Edmund (GBR x21) bt Alex Bolt (AUS) 6-2, 6-3, 7-5
Bradley Klahn (USA) bt Yuichi Sugita (JPN) 2-6, 7-6 (8/6), 6-2, 6-2
Horacio Zeballos (ARG) bt Guido Andreozzi (ARG) 4-6, 7-6 (7/1), 6-4, 6-4
Novak Djokovic (SRB x12) bt Tennys Sandgren (USA) 6-3, 6-1, 6-2
Nick Kyrgios (AUS x15) bt Denis Istomin (UZB) 7-6 (7/3), 7-6 (7/4), 6-7 (5/7), 6-3
Robin Haase (NED) bt Marius Copil (ROU) 7-6 (7/0), 7-5, 4-6, 7-6 (7/4)
Bernard Tomic (AUS) bt Hubert Hurkacz (POL) 6-4, 6-2, 7-6 (7/2)
Kei Nishikori (JPN x24) bt Christian Harrison (USA) 6-2, 4-6, 7-6 (7/3), 6-2
Damir Džumhur (BIH x27) bt Maximilian Marterer (GER) 6-3, 6-2, 6-4
Ernests Gulbis (LAT) bt Jay Clarke (GBR) 4-6, 6-3, 7-6 (7/3), 3-6, 6-4
Taylor Fritz (USA) bt Lorenzo Sonego (ITA) 3-6, 6-3, 6-2, 6-2
Alexander Zverev (GER x4) bt James Duckworth (AUS) 7-5, 6-2, 6-0
Juan Martín Del Potro (ARG x5) bt Peter Gojowczyk (GER) 6-3, 6-4, 6-3
Feliciano Lopez (ESP) bt Federico Del Bonis (ARG) 6-3, 6-4, 6-2
Benoît Paire (FRA) bt Jason Jung (TPE) 7-5, 7-6 (7/1), 6-4
Denis Shapovalov (CAN x26) bt Jérémy Chardy (FRA) 6-3, 3-6, 7-5, 6-4
Matteo Berrettini (ITA) bt Jack Sock (USA x18) 6-7 (5/7), 6-7 (3/7), 6-4, 7-5, 6-2
Gilles Simon (FRA) bt Nikoloz Basilashvili (GEO) 6-1, 7-6 (7/5), 6-1
Stéphane Robert (FRA) bt Albert Ramos (ESP) 7-6 (7/5), 6-2, 6-1
Matthew Ebden (AUS) bt David Goffin (BEL x10) 6-4, 6-3, 6-4
Diego Schwartzman (ARG x14) bt Mirza Bašic (BIH) 6-3, 6-2, 6-1
Jirí Veselý (CZE) bt Florian Mayer (GER) 7-6 (7/3), 6-4, 4-6, 6-1
Simone Bolelli (ITA) bt Pablo Cuevas (URU) 7-6 (7/5), 7-6 (8/6), 6-1
Fabio Fognini (ITA x19) bt Taro Daniel (JPN) 3-6, 6-3, 6-3, 6-3
Alex De Minaur (AUS) bt Marco Cecchinato (ITA x29) 6-4, 6-7 (6/8), 7-6 (7/5), 6-4
Pierre-Hugues Herbert (FRA) bt Mischa Zverev (GER) 6-4, 6-3, 6-4
Mikhail Kukushkin (KAZ) bt Vasek Pospisil (CAN) 6-4, 3-6, 6-2, 6-3
Rafael Nadal (ESP x2) bt Dudi Sela (ISR) 6-3, 6-3, 6-2
Women
First round
Simona Halep (ROU x1) bt Kurumi Nara (JPN) 6-2, 6-4
Zheng Saisai (CHN) bt Wang Qiang (CHN) 6-3, 4-6, 6-1
Lara Arruabarrena (ESP) bt Ana Bogdan (ROM) 6-1, 3-6, 8-6
Hsieh Su-Wei (TPE) bt Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova (RUS x30) 6-4, 4-6, 6-3
Johanna Konta (GBR x22) bt Natalia Vikhlyantseva (RUS) 7-5, 7-6 (9/7)
Dominika Cibulkova (SVK) bt Alize Cornet (FRA) 7-6 (7/3), 6-1
Sachia Vickery (USA) bt Markéta Vondroušová (CZE) 6-1, 6-2
Elise Mertens (BEL x15) bt Danielle Collins (USA) 6-3, 6-2
Jelena Ostapenko (LAT x12) bt Katy Dunne (GBR) 6-3, 7-6 (7/5)
Sofia Kenin (USA) bt Maria Sakkari (GRE) 6-4, 1-6, 6-1
Vitalia Diatchenko (RUS) bt Maria Sharapova (RUS x24) 6-7 (3/7), 7-6 (7/3), 6-4
Daria Gavrilova (AUS x26) bt Caroline Dolehide (USA) 6-2, 6-3
Samantha Stosur (AUS) bt Peng Shuai (CHN) 6-4, 7-5
Taylor Townsend (USA) bt Pauline Parmentier (FRA) 6-2, 6-4
Aliaksandra Sasnovich (BLR) bt Petra Kvitova (CZE x8) 6-4, 4-6, 6-0
Garbiñe Muguruza (ESP x3) bt Naomi Broady (GBR) 6-2, 7-5
Alison Van Uytvanck (BEL) bt Polona Hercog (SLO) 6-2, 6-2
Jennifer Brady (USA) bt Kateryna Kozlova (UKR) 6-2, 6-7 (4/7), 6-2
Anett Kontaveit (EST x28) bt Denisa Allertová (CZE) 6-2, 6-2
Ashleigh Barty (AUS x17) bt Stefanie Vogele (SUI) 7-5, 6-3
Eugénie Bouchard (CAN) bt Gabriella Taylor (GBR) 6-0, 4-6, 6-3
Yulia Putintseva (KAZ) bt Magda Linette (POL) 6-3, 3-6, 10-8
Angelique Kerber (GER x11) bt Vera Zvonareva (RUS) 7-5, 6-3
Claire Liu (USA) bt Ana Konjuh (CRO) 6-2, 6-7 (2/7), 6-3
Katie Boulter (GBR) bt Verónica Cepede (PAR) 6-4, 5-7, 6-4
Naomi Osaka (JPN x18) bt Monica Niculescu (ROU) 6-4, 6-1
Carla Suárez (ESP x27) bt Carina Witthoeft (GER) 6-2, 6-4
Sara Sorribes (ESP) bt Kaia Kanepi (EST) 7-6 (7/5), 6-1
Alison Riske (USA) bt Mariana Duque (COL) 6-1, 6-1
Belinda Bencic (SUI) bt Caroline Garcia (FRA x6) 7-6 (7/2), 6-3
Vera Lapko (BLR) bt Christina McHale (USA) 5-7, 7-5, 7-5
