Danish fifth seed Caroline Wozniacki was bundled out of Wimbledon on Monday, still having not made a quarter-final at SW17, despite this being her fifth appearance in the last 16.
World No.20 Garbiñe Muguruza disposed of Wozniacki with a 6-4, 6-4 win.
It was not pretty tennis: The Venezuelan-born Spaniard made 33 unforced errors to Wozniacki's 16, but more than compensated for her waywardness by hitting 29 winners to Wozniacki's 10. She sealed victory with an ace out wide and fell to the court in delight.
Wozniacki was the only surviving player from the world's top dozen in her half of the draw as more and more of the top seeds are being mown down by outsiders.
Her loss guarantees one player from outside the top 12 will make the women`s final on Saturday.
After her loss, the 24-year-old Wozniacki was quick to comment that women do not receive as many chances as men to feature on SW19's show courts and that in the future Wimbledon's tournament organisers should feature as many women's as men's matches on the premier courts .
"I would love to play on a big court," said Wozniacki.
"I think that's what it's all about; you work hard and practice to play on the big courts. The women really haven't gotten the opportunity here to play on the big courts.
"You only get one women's match on Court One and Centre Court. Most of last week it was only one woman's match on Court Two as well.
"It's definitely different, that's all I can say.
"I think a lot of us women feel like we deserve to play on the big courts in front of a big crowd, as well.'
Caroline Wozniacki calls out #Wimbledon for sexist scheduling ... then promptly asked a question about Rory McIlroy pic.twitter.com/8vO9lpoAyy— Mark Masters (@markhmasters)
July 6, 2015
Wozniacki said the round of 16 had not be kind to her at Wimbledon.
She added that her appearance on a big court has not necessarily helped her: "I get to the fourth round quite often (at Wimbledon). I just haven't managed to break through that.
"Court Two hasn't been very nice to me through the years. Maybe next year I'll ask to be put on one of the small courts."
News about Wozniacki quickly changed when the Fox News presenter labelled Rory McIlroy a 'leprechaun'. Photo:Getty Images
The media conference quickly turned to the news that Wozniacki's ex-fiance Rory McIlory damaged his ankle and is in doubt for the British Open later this month.
The line of questioning was quickly shut down by the moderator but McIlroy's situation has been highlighted on social media after a Fox News presenter in the US called him a leprechaun and said "she didn't like him much".
Scheduling at Wimbledon has been fairly consistent this year. On Monday, two men's singles matches as well as Wozniacki's were played on Court Two, the same ratio applied on Centre Court and Court One, as it did most days in the opening week.
Court Two, while lacking the capacity of the main two courts, is a mini-stadium with 4000 reserved seats. However, Centre Court has 15,000 and Court One more than 11,000.
