Laura Granville Upsets Martina Hingis at Wimbledon

With all the focus on Venus and Serena, fans in the United States might have missed another American player sneaking through the draw at Wimbledon.

That is until she took out Martina Hingis today in straight sets.

Hingis, who won the title at the Championships in 1997, went down in two sets 6-4, 6-2 to Laura Granville in the third round.

Of all the Americans residing toward the bottom of the top 100, Laura Granville was one of the last ones anyone expected to make waves at Wimbledon.

The Chicago-native has never won a title, in fact she has only reached one WTA Tour final. Her best result at a Grand Slam: the fourth round of Wimbledon five years ago in 2002.

In her post-match press conference, Martina Hingis gave credit to whom credit was due.

“Laura, I definitely have to give her credit,” said Hingis after the match. “She played well. She took advantage of me having not always the best points played, maybe not the best day at the office. But she didn’t let me really come back.”

Moving into the fourth round, Granville will have a shot at reaching her first Grand Slam quarterfinal if she can defeat world number forty-five Michaella Krajicek who upset Anna Chakvetadze earlier in the day to reach her first round of sixteen at a major.