Former Wimbledon winner Rybakina dumped out in third round by Mertens

[p][a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/rybakina-elena/UDzElXdm/"]Rybakina[/a] was hoping to follow her Australian Open triumph in January by winning Wimbledon for the second time.[/p][p]But the world number two was unable to emulate her 2022 victory at the All England Club as Belgian 25th seed [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/mertens-elise/Y1ZrrUtl/"]Mertens[/a] produced [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/game/tennis/mertens-e-Y1ZrrUtl/rybakina-e-UDzElXdm/?mid=fZh2y3Al"]a major upset on Court One.[/a][/p][p][b]Rybakina, 27, also endured a disappointing early departure from the recent French Open, losing to [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/starodubtsewa-yulia/GlqMuuhi/"]Yuliia Starodubtseva[/a] in the second round.[/b][/p][image alt="Key match stats" id="eb7c47ab-4107-4269-aae6-f364eb712ade" credit-line="Flashscore" guid="9da66c41-0011-4eea-a12b-6d37cd99b483" original-width="2160" original-height="3840" /][p]The Russia-born Kazakhstani, who beat [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/jabeur-ons/f7a53rOM/"]Ons Jabeur[/a] to win Wimbledon four years ago, has failed to make it past the third round on her last two visits to south-west London.[/p][p]But Rybakina has no intention of letting the defeat ruin the rest of the season.[/p][p][b]"I just try to move on. I mean, I lost so many times. I'm sure I'm still going to keep losing. It's impossible to win everything,"[/b] she said.[/p][p][b]"Not the result I wanted today. Definitely not happy. I'm of course upset, but it's not going to take more than one, two days."[/b][/p][p]Rybakina plans to analyse her form closely before the hard-court swing, which culminates in the US Open.[/p][p][b]"If I knew why, I wouldn't be in this situation right now. As soon as it happened a couple weeks ago when I was not playing my best, honestly, I don't know,"[/b] she said.[/p][embed guid="ffc7ff23-7c9e-4295-8dbe-9316f517fe41" url="https://x.com/Wimbledon/status/2073405865760084037" social-type="twitter" /][p][b]"I was getting a lot of opportunities since I was losing early in the tournaments. Definitely I need to analyse and change something, because it's not working.[/b][/p][p]"Now it's going to be at least for a longer period of time same surface, and it's kind of one of the last pushes of the year.[/p][p][b]"First, I'm looking forward to change a little bit the scenario and just rest."[/b][/p][p]Mertens is a two-time Wimbledon doubles champion and has now reached the last 16 in the All England Club singles on four occasions.[/p][p]She will play Czech 21st seed [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/bouzkova-marie/WMS3AdAb/"]Marie Bouzkova[/a] for a place in the quarter-finals.[/p][p]The 30-year-old's best run in a Grand Slam singles tournament is a 2018 Australian Open semi-final appearance.[/p][p][b]"Definitely one of my most memorable wins, especially against her here at Wimbledon,"[/b] Mertens said. [b]"Looking back on my previous results on grass this year, it was a little bit of a mixed feelings.[/b][/p][p]"I really grew into the match. Also especially my last match, also grew into that match. That gave me a little bit of confidence.[/p][p][b]"I soaked it all in today on Court One. It's a beautiful court to play at."[/b][/p][p][b][a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/tennis/wta-singles/wimbledon/"]Follow the women's singles at Wimbledon here.[/a][/b][/p]