Andy Roddick picks the ‘most shocking’ result of Wimbledon so far after carnage over the first two days

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Wimbledon is only just entering its third day, but a long list of major shocks have already taken place.

Two-time finalist Ons Jabeur retired from Wimbledon hurt, with the WTA star joined by ATP ace Stefanos Tsitsipas.

But dominating the Wimbledon headlines have been several top seeds who have failed to make it beyond round one.

Coco Gauff lost in the first round of Wimbledon to Dayana Yastremska, with her fellow American Jessica Pegula falling to ​​Elisabetta Cocciaretto.

Elsewhere in the women’s singles draw, other top 10 seeds Paula Badosa and Qinwen Zheng also lost in round one.

Andy Roddick picks his ‘most shocking’ Wimbledon first round result

And a similar story has played out in the men’s singles draw, with Alexander Zverev, Daniil Medvedev and Lorenzo Musetti among the early casualties.

Former world number one Andy Roddick, who lost three Wimbledon finals to Roger Federer, has now picked his biggest shock from the first two days.

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He said on his Quick Served podcast: “The Pegula one is the most shocking result of the first two days for me because her game is made for grass.

“She is a ball striker, she moves around, low centre of gravity. Her shot tolerance is great. That one is shocking to me.”

Andy Roddick summarises ‘chaos’ over first two days of Wimbledon

It certainly isn’t easy to narrow it down to the biggest shock at Wimbledon so far, but Pegula is definitely a great contender.

The American is ranked third on the WTA Tour, with the third seed entering the event on the back of another career title at the Bad Homburg Open.

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But she failed to take that momentum into Wimbledon, where she was beaten 6-2, 6-3 by Cocciaretto in just 58 minutes.

Giving her a run for her money, however, is compatriot Gauff, who lost 7-6(7-3), 6-1 to Yastremska after one hour and 19 minutes.

She was the second seed at the grass court Grand Slam, and triumphed at the French Open just last month.

Sharing his overall take on the madness of Monday and Tuesday in London, tennis legend Roddick noted: “It is just chaos. But this is fun.

“This is what happens when you actually play tournaments outside of the mono surface. Where it’s all kind of the same, regardless. It’s either kind of fast medium or slow medium.

“When you allow different styles in, when you allow [Arthur] Rinderknech to serve and volley and then hit a flat forehand and not stand 17 feet behind the baseline, unfortunately the surface that best benefits him to where he can beat a Zverev exists for three or four weeks a year.

“I like the variance. It is by far the toughest tournament to predict. I mean [Carlos] Alcaraz almost lost to [Fabio] Fognini, who is kind of just like barreling towards the end of his career. It’s just crazy. You can affect people and take the racket out of their hands sometimes on this surface.”