Kontaveit, second favorite, was removed from Wimbledon

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Anett Kontaveitsecond seeded Wimbledonwas removed in second round against the German Jules Niemeier, number 97 in the world, by 6-4 and 6-0.

The number three in the world, who has not yet reached the round of 16 of its Grand Slam, did not spend an hour on the court.

The German upset the first set and crushed Kontaveit in the second, winning 16 of the last 18 points of the match.

Despite the Estonian ranking, he has barely won a match, in the first round against Bernarda Pera, since mid -April, when he reached the third round in Stuttgart, played on clay.

With this result, Kontaveit, who won four titles last season, has a first-round start at Roland Garros and a second-round start here in a month.

Niemeier will face in the third round the winner of the Ukrainian duel in between Anhelina Kalinina and Lesia Tsurenko.

Source: La Verdad

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