Coco Gauff upset at Wimbledon in round 1 by Dayana Yastremska in straight sets

Gauff had entered Wimbledon on a strong run of form, having recently won the 2025 French Open. That win came a little more than three weeks ago, when Gauff defeated world No. 1 Aryna Sabalenka in the women’s singles.

It was Gauff’s first French Open title and her second major title. Yastremska had also been playing relatively well, having made it to the third round of the French Open.

Still, the Wimbledon shocker was a big one. And it’s not the first seeded upset of the tournament. No. 3 seed Jessica Pegula lost in straight sets. No. 5 seed Quinwen Zheng also went down, though in three sets, losing her final set 6-1 like Gauff.

Bottom line: Just about anything can happen at Wimbledon. Coco Gauff found that out the hard way on Tuesday.

ESPN’s Chris Fowler critical of Wimbledon decision

The 2025 Wimbledon Championships Round 1 matchup between No. 5 seed Taylor Fritz and Giovanni Mpetshi Perricard on the men’s side was suspended Monday due to the SW19 curfew. Wimbledon suspended play ahead of the 11:00 p.m. curfew.

But at the time of the suspension, there was still more than 40 minutes left to play before the curfew, which is in place, in part, to allow attendees to get home via the subway before it stops running at midnight. Fritz, who had battled back from two sets down to level after a fourth-set tiebreak victory, was frustrated with the decision. Chris Fowler, calling the Alexander Zverev–Arthur Rinderknech match on Centre Court, was baffled by Wimbledon’s decision to suspend play till Tuesday.

“The curfew is at 11:00 p.m., so they agreed to put the two roofs in,” Fowler said. “It’s been about 15 years here and five years over on the No. 1 Court they’ve had the roof. It’s because the subway stops running at midnight and they want to get people home. I get that from a bigger picture sense, but it seems a little nutty to stop 40 minutes short of the curfew over there when we’ve had matches continue beyond the curfew on Centre Court.”

Three of the four sets lasted longer than 40 minutes. All three, however, included a tiebreaker. Set 3, which did not call for a tiebreaker, was played in 33 minutes. Fans on Court 1 immediately started booing as the decision was announced.

On3’s Nick Geddes also contributed to this report.