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Jasmine Falls: Top Seed Tumbles at Wimbledon | Sports-Games
GREATER LONDON, ENGLAND, JUL 2 – Paolini's second-round loss marks the fourth top-five women's seed upset at Wimbledon 2025, with 23 seeds exiting early, matching a Grand Slam record since 2001.
- Kamilla Rakhimova, an unseeded Russian player, upset Italian fourth seed Jasmine Paolini in the Wimbledon 2025 second round on July 2.
- Rakhimova entered Wimbledon 2025 seeking redemption after a first-round exit in 2023 and focused on her game rather than the ranking gap.
- The match on a shadowed Court Three ended 4-6, 6-4, 6-4, with Paolini succumbing to pressure and unforced errors sealing her exit.
- Rakhimova claimed her first victory over a top-10 player by converting her fourth match point, explaining that she concentrates on her own performance rather than her opponent during matches.
- Paolini became the fourth top-five women's seed eliminated early, leaving only one remaining in the tournament, mirroring upset trends last seen after Wimbledon 2018.
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Seeds Keep Tumbling at Wimbledon 2025 As World Number Four Jasmine Paolini Loses to Kamilla Rakhimova in Second Round
The upsets kept coming in the women's bracket Wednesday, with No. 12-seeded Diana Shnaider losing 6-4, 6-1 to Diane Parry and No. 22 Donna Vekic, who lost to Paolini in the semifinals last year, going out 6-1, 6-3 to Cristina Busca. Paolini lost in the final of both the French Open and Wimbledon last year but has not been past the fourth round in the four majors since. Seeds Keep Tumbling at Wimbledon 2025 As World Number Four Jasmine Paolini Lo…
July 2, 2025 – London – EFE. Jasmine Paolini, the Italian tennis player who was finalist at Wimbledon in 2024, was eliminated in the second round after losing a fighting match against Russian Kamilla Rakhimova with markers of 4-6, 6-4 and 6-4. This result surprised many, as Paolini defended her performance of the previous year in this tournament. Upon leaving, Paolini became the last top ten player to leave Wimbledon, leaving Aryna Sabalenka as …
Wimbledon 2025: Seeds keep tumbling as World No. 4 Paolini loses to Rakhimova in second round
Last year’s runner-up Jasmine Paolini became the fourth top-five seed to exit the women’s bracket at Wimbledon 2025, losing 4-6, 6-4, 6-4 on Wednesday to unseeded Kamilla Rakhimova in the second round.
Russian tennis player Kamila Rakhimova pulled off one of the biggest upsets at Wimbledon, advancing to the second round with a 4-6, 6-4, 6-4 victory over last year's finalist Jasmine Paolini.
The Tuscan tennis player is defeated by the Russian Rakhimova in three sets and must leave the London Major in time. Bellucci beats Lehecka to surprise
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