No. 1 Simona Halep falls at Wimbledon

LONDON: Women's top seed Simona Halep suffered a tortuous third round exit to Taiwan's Hsieh Su-wei as a wildly unpredictable Wimbledon continued producing huge shocks on Saturday.

The Romanian world number one never got to grips with the 32-year-old Hsieh on a baking Court One and lost the last four games as her opponent battled back from 3-5 in the decider. Defeat for the French Open champion means only one of the top 10 seeds in the women's singles have reached the last-16 — Czech seventh seed Karolina Pliskova.

She is the first women's top seed to lose to an unseeded player at Wimbledon since Ana Ivanovic lost to China's Zheng Jie 10 years ago, also just after winning the French Open.

Hsieh thoroughly deserved her win as she booked a last-16 clash with Slovakia's Dominika Cibulkova.

"This is the first time I have beaten the world number one, it is amazing," she said.

"I had to run and fight for every point. I tried to concentrate on my game and calm down a bit, that helped a lot. This year I have tried to enjoy more, not just tennis but life, food, strawberries and cream, lobster.

"I am really enjoying playing tennis." The crowd enjoyed it too.