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Wimbledon , England ? Former champion Maria Sharapova, out. Two-time runnerup Andy Roddick, gone.
Wimbledon ended in stunning second-round upsets yesterday for two of the top title contenders and biggest names in the game.
Sharapova was ousted by a 154th-ranked Russian, marking her earliest exit from a Grand Slam tournament since her first full season on tour in 2003.
Her game littered by double faults and ugly unforced errors, the third-seeded Sharapova slumped to a 6-2, 6-4 loss to 20-year-old Alla Kudryavtseva on Court 1.
The upstart winner even rubbed it in by trashing the fashion icon?s publicized Wimbledon ensemble of tuxedo-style blouse and shorts.
?I don?t like her outfit,? Kudryavtseva said. ?It was one of the motivations to beat her.?
Roddick, who lost in the 2004 and 2005 Wimbledon finals to Roger Federer, went out 6-7 (5), 7-5, 6-4, 7-6 (4) to 40th-ranked Janko Tipsarevic of Serbia, who has never gone past the fourth round at a major.
The sixth-seeded Roddick went 0-8 on break points, while Tipsarevic converted both of his break chances. Roddick had three set points in the fourth set but couldn?t capitalize, and Tipsarevic finished him off in the tiebreaker, falling to his hands and knees in celebration on Centre Court.
?I pretty much choked it,? Roddick said. ?You want something so bad, you squeeze too tight. I didn?t make anything happen tonight. Zero, zero, zero. I played horrific shots on break points. At big moments, I blinked.?
Tipsarevic pulled off the biggest win of his career just a day after No. 3-ranked Serbian countryman Novak Djokovic was knocked out on the same court by Marat Safin.
Sharapova, the 2004 Wimbledon champion at age 17, hadn?t lost so early in a Grand Slam since going out in the first round at the Australian and French Open and second round at the U.S. Open in 2003.
?She had nothing to lose,? Sharapova said. ?She went for her shots. I can?t be really happy about anything today.?
Sharapova was the second marquee player eliminated in as many days. But her defeat to a little-known player with a career Grand Slam record of 4-5 was a much bigger shock than Djokovic?s loss to former No. 1 Safin on Wednesday.
Venus overcomes erratic game
Defending champion Venus Williams, meanwhile, overcame another erratic performance and pulled away to beat Britain?s Anne Keothavong 7-5, 6-2 and reach the third round.
Nadal survives
In men?s play, second-seeded Rafael Nadal rallied to beat 19-year-old Latvian star Ernests Gulbis 5-7, 6-2, 7-6 (2), 6-3.
On paper, it seemed inconceivable Kudryavtseva could beat the three-time Grand Slam winner and reigning Australian Open champion ? especially at the tournament where Sharapova made her major breakthrough four years ago.
Second-seeded Jelena Jankovic advanced by beating Spanish wild card entry Carla Suarez Navarro, 6-1, 6-3.
Kudryavtseva, who was born in Moscow and now lives in Miami, lost in the first round at Wimbledon to eventual champion Venus Williams last year. She has been ranked as high as No. 59 last year. AP
