Maja Chwalinska, the French Open qualifier who reached the final at Roland Garros in a stunning run last month, was knocked out of Wimbledon in the first round by Mananchaya Sawangkaew.
Chwalinska made history by becoming the first play to advance to the French Open final as a qualifier, losing to Mirra Andreeva while ranked as the world No 114 in Paris.
Due to Chwalinskaâs history run, the Polish player as in the extremely rare position of requiring a wildcard to play Wimbledon but entering the draw as the 20th seed.
However, the 24-year-old crashed down to earrth as she lost 2-6 7-5 6-2 to the Thai qualifier Sawangkaew, who is ranked 164th in the world.
Chwalinska became just the second to ever make a grand slam final as a qualifier, after Emma Raducanu at the US Open in 2021.
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