Wimbledon 2016: Five biggest upsets from Week 1

#5. Petra Kvitova’s defeat to Ekaterina Makarova

Kvitova’s poor run of form in 2016 continued at Wimbledon.

The hard-hitting Czech has probably been the country’s best tennis players ever since the playing days of Martina Navratilova and Jana Novotna. Wimbledon has clearly been Kvitova’s favorite Grand Slam as she is a two-time champion here. However, 2016 hasn’t been one of Kvitova’s best years as she has put in a number of inconsistent performances in addition to her inability to go past the third round in any of the Grand Slams so far.Kvitova was the 10th seed coming into Wimbledon and began her tournament with a 6-0 6-4 win over Romanian Sorana Cirstea. In the second round, she was up against 35th seeded Russian Ekaterina Makarova. The match was tightly contested but it was Makarova who took the first set 7-5 before rain stopped play. The second set was played on the next day and it was another close set but the two-time Champion couldn’t prevent herself from being eliminated as Makarova won the second set tiebreak to clinch the match. Kvitova’s woes in 2016 continued while Makarova will now face compatriot Elena Vesnina in the fourth round after beating another Czech Barbora Strycova in the third round.