Wimbledon: No.2 seed Anett Kontaveit ousted

Anett Kontaveit during her second round defeat to Jule Niemeier; (right) Jule Niemeier celebrates her win yesterday. Pics/Getty Images

Second seed Anett Kontaveit was knocked out of Wimbledon on Tuesday after she lost 4-6, 0-6 to Germany's Julie Niemeier.

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Estonia's Kontaveit has made the quarter-finals of a Grand Slam just once in 29 attempts. World No.97 Niemeier is into the third round of a major for the first time, where she will tackle Ukraine's Anhelina Kalinina or Lesia Tsurenko, another player from the war-torn nation.

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