Has this ever happened before, the top 2 going out so early to unseeded players, one going out to a non top 100 player, this is just nothing we've ever seen before I think.
Sampras lost early quite a few times as no.1 or 2, so, those slams should be a good candidates.
e.g. in RG '98 only one top 8 seeded player made it past 2R, losing in QF, and next year in RG '99 two top 8 players reached QF, first two seeds losing in 2R.
First time in Open Era where neither the top seeds nor the defending champions of singles play made the QF so it's already historic with that regardless what happens after.
It wouldn't be the first time. I remember it happened in RG 1997, 16th seed Bruguera against unseeded Kuerten. And Wimbledon 1996, 17th seed Krajicek against unseeded Washington.
Australian Open 2002 – the top 2 seeds Hewitt and Kuerten went out in the first round to Alberto Martin and Julien Boutter respectively. I’m not sure what their ranks were at the time.
In fact, none of the top 5 seeds made it to the 3rd round (#3 Agassi withdrew, whilst #4 Yevgeny Kafelnikov and #5 Sebastian Grosjean both lost in the 2nd round)
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