Pakistan, July 2 -- Third-ranked Jessica Pegula thought she was done with first-round hiccups.
Then she faced Elisabetta Cocciaretto, who needed just 58 minutes to stun the American 6-2, 6-3 at Wimbledon on Tuesday.
It was the third-seeded Pegula's earliest exit at a Grand Slam tournament in five years.
And it came days after Pegula won the the grass-court Bad Homburg Open in Germany on Saturday, beating Iga Swiatek in straight sets.
"This is definitely probably the worst result I've had all year," she said.
Pegula, a quarterfinalist at Wimbledon in 2023, hit only five winners and made 24 unforced errors.
"For this to happen today, it's disappointing. I don't know how else to put it," she said. "I'm upset that I wasn't able to turn ...
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