Monica pins down fifth seeded Errani

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Monica Puig has fallen in love with the All England Club, yet the 19-year-old player from Puerto Rico refused to be overawed on court at Wimbledon on Monday.Playing in her first grass court tournament as a professional, Puig produced the first upset this year, defeating the fifth-seeded Sara Errani 6-3, 6-2.Puig made her Grand Slam debut this year at the French Open, where she became the first woman from Puerto Rico to reach the third round.Despite her lack of experience. the 65th-ranked Puig wasn’t overawed by the occasion. Serving hard and making just a few mistakes, she gave the French Open semifinalist a lesson of aggressive tennis before closing out the match with her 38th winner.Puig said her good run of form at the French Open,added to a difficult defeat earlier this year, helped her to be more confident at key moments.Meanwhile, Victoria Azarenka’s right knee gave way, she slid to the slippery turf and began sobbing.A routine first-round match at Wimbledon turned into something more harrowing for the No.2 seed from Belarus. She closed out her 6-1, 6-2 victory over Maria Joao Koehler after tumbling near the baseline on Court 1 and injuring her right knee in the second game of the second set.Also, Maria Sharapova was given a stern test by France’s up-and-coming Kristina Mladenovic but the Russian third seed eventually triumphed in a 7-6 (7/5), 6-3 win on Centre Court. “I’m really pleased with this performance,” Sharapova said.