Halep suffers first-round shock

30 June 2015 05:32

Romanian Simona Halep became the highest seed to join the Wimbledon first-round exodus as she perished to Jana Cepelova on Tuesday.

A semi-finalist last year, this time Halep folded from a strong position to lose 5-7 6-4 6-3 against a Slovakian opponent ranked 106th in the world.

Third seed Halep's exit followed swiftly from the defeat suffered by Eugenie Bouchard, the runner-up in 2014, taking two of the highest profile women's players out of the bottom half of the draw.

Source: PA