
Five-time champion Serena Williams suffered her earliest Wimbledon defeat since 2005 as she lost to Alize Cornet in the third round.
Cornet, ranked 24th, won 1-6 6-3 6-4 on Court One to claim her second victory of the year over the world number one.
Cornet, 24, had never beaten a top-20 player at a Grand Slam. Cornet has only reached the fourth round at a Grand Slam once before, in Australia five years ago
According to her, “I just cannot believe it. Three years ago I couldn’t play on grass, I was so bad, but now I have beaten Serena, the world number one on her own court.
“I have to get used to it and focus on the next match because the tournament is not over for me. I am not sure how I did it but just with the heart and the help from the crowd.”
But Williams said: “She kept her unforced errors really low. I think I made a few errors too many. She was going for her shots. She played really well today.