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Top Wimbledon Week 1 Surprises: Serena and Murray team up

By Cale Hammond

Baseline has been wrapping up each day with top surprises, and Week 1 has seen quite a few.

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Cori "Coco" Gauff stole the show and became a viral internet sensation overnight. The 15-year-old is into the second week and her hype train shows no signs of slowing down.

LONDON, ENGLAND - JULY 05: Cori Gauff of The United States celebrates match point in her Ladies' Singles third round match against Polona Hercog of Slovenia during Day five of The Championships - Wimbledon 2019 at All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club on July 05, 2019 in London, England. (Photo by Shaun Botterill/Getty Images)
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In one of the more awkward moves of the tournament, Great Britain’s Jay Clarke dumped mixed doubles partner Harriet Dart via text message to play with Gauff. The late breakup rendered Dart partnerless. Clarke and Gauff lost their opener on Saturday, while Clarke and Dart reached the semifinals last year.

LONDON, ENGLAND - JULY 06: Jay Clarke of Great Britain and Cori Gauff of the United States look on during a change of serve in their Mixed Doubles first round match against Robert Lindstedt of Sweden and Jelena Ostapenko of Latvia during Day six of The Championships - Wimbledon 2019 at All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club on July 06, 2019 in London, England. (Photo by Clive Brunskill/Getty Images)
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Seemingly egged on by reporters during their early round press conference, Grand Slam champions Serena Williams and Andy Murray shocked the world when they announced they would be competing in the mixed doubles draw together. They won their first round handily on Saturday.

LONDON, ENGLAND - JULY 06: Andy Murray of Great Britain and Serena Williams of The United States speak during their Mixed Doubles first round match against Andreas Mies of Germany and Alexa Guarachi of Chile during Day six of The Championships - Wimbledon 2019 at All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club on July 06, 2019 in London, England. (Photo by Matthias Hangst/Getty Images)
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Bernard Tomic was fined all of his first round prize money due to lack of effort. He won 38 percent of points against Jo-Wilfried Tsonga in his opening round. Ironically, Tsonga won just 38 percent of total points against Nadal, raising questions about the fairness of subjective punishments handed out by umpires and tournament officials.

LONDON, ENGLAND - JULY 02: Bernard Tomic of Australia reacts in his Men's Singles first round match against Jo-Wilfred Tsonga of France during Day two of The Championships - Wimbledon 2019 at All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club on July 02, 2019 in London, England. (Photo by Clive Brunskill/Getty Images)
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American upsets have ruled Week 1. Several massive wins have been handed out by Americans include Lauren Davis' three-set victory over defending champion Angelique Kerber, Reilly Opelka's second-round victory over three-time Grand Slam champion Stan Wawrinka, and Alison Riske's third-round victory over giant-slayer Belinda Bencic. Riske is still alive in the draw.

LONDON, ENGLAND - JULY 04: Alison Riske of The United States plays a backhand Ivana Jorovic of Serbia during Day four of The Championships - Wimbledon 2019 at All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club on July 04, 2019 in London, England. (Photo by Mike Hewitt/Getty Images)
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