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Tennis: Swiatek wins as Gauff, Pegula and Zheng suffer shock exits

# Tennis: Iga Swiatek is through to the second round of Wimbledon after beating Russia’s Polina Kudermetova. But a number of women were sent home in surprise defeats. Third-seeded American Jessica Pegula lost in straight sets to the world number 82 from Italy, Elisabetta Cocciaretto. Chinese fifth seed and Olympic champion Zheng Qinwen became the second big casualty, losing 7-5, 4-6, 6-1 against Czech player Katerina Siniakova. The day’s most surprising exit was second-seeded American Coco Gauff, who lost in straight sets to Ukraine’s Dayana Yastremska.