Barbora Krejcikova’s preparations for her Wimbledon title defence suffered a major setback as the Czech crashed to a shock defeat against Rebecca Sramkova at Queen’s Club on Tuesday.

Krejčíková beat Italy’s Jasmine Paolini in three sets in last year’s Wimbledon final to win her second Grand Slam crown.

But the 29-year-old’s hopes of repeating that memorable triumph were rocked by her 6-4, 6-3 loss to Slovakia’s Sramkova in the opening round of the Wimbledon warm-up event in London.

The defeat extended a disappointing run for Krejčíková since her victory at the All England Club.

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