THE ALL ENGLAND CLUB, Wimbledon — Iga Świątek’s Wimbledon title defense is over, after a third-round defeat on Saturday to Alexandra Eala, the rising star from the Philippines.In an already difficult year for Świątek, this may be the toughest loss of them all — a 7-6(11-9), 6-2 defeat on Centre Court to give up her crown.When the tour rankings update a week on Monday, Świątek will be out of the world’s top 10 for the first time since May 2021. Having replaced coach Wim Fissette with Francisco Roig ahead of the clay-court season, she has mostly rediscovered the controlled aggressiveness that she wants to define her tennis, but found herself fighting to impose it with consistency against a far less powerful opponent.For Eala, who announced herself on the WTA Tour last March with a win over Świątek to reach the Miami Open semifinals, this was an even more eye-catching result. A victory that will introduce her to a much wider audience, having never previously made it beyond the second round of a Slam. Now, aged 21, she is in the fourth round of Wimbledon, and has shown why there is so much excitement around her. She showed off the angles and spins she can generate, in particular with her lefty forehand.Eala is already a megastar in the Philippines, with fans flocking to her matches wherever she plays, and on Saturday she well and truly introduced herself to Centre Court, after Świątek, a six-time Grand Slam champion, let an epic first set slide off her racket.How does Hawkeye work in tennis?Tifo SportsIt lasted 84 minutes, far longer than many of her matches. In the tiebreak, Świątek had two set points, but couldn’t convert. The first arrived on her forehand after she had worked the point around in the way she wants to do, but then failed to trust her finishing instinct — something she said was an issue at the French Open even after a win against compatriot Magda Linette.