“ Upsets are contagious. If you’re seeded, be wary before you leave that locker room, ” Brad Gilbert said this after witnessing a series of upsets at the 2025 Wimbledon Championships. At the grass court major, we saw a record total of eight of the Top-10 seeded players, including Coco Gauff, Jessica Pegula, and many others, making their way out of the tournament after the first round. In terms of numbers, it was the most of any major tournament since the start of the Open Era in 1968. Gauff broke down in tears after the match, while Pegula said, “ I haven’t lost the first round of a slam in a very long time, so that sucks. ” What are we going to expect from the 2025 US Open, though?

At Wimbledon, we saw only one of the top-five seeded women’s players, i.e., Aryna Sabalenka (1)

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