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Jabeur demolishes Kvitova to line up repeat of last year's final against Rybakina

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Tunisian No 6 seed Ons Jabeur vowed to take revenge for last year's Wimbledon final defeat by Elena Rybakina after she blew away former champion Petra Kvitova 6-0, 6-3 on Centre Court on Monday.

Jabeur will face Czech No 3 seed Rybakina, who got a walkover against Beatriz Haddad Maia, in the quarter-finals on Wednesday.

Against Bianca Andreescu on Saturday, Jabeur had to battle back from a set down but she made short work of Kvitova as she raced through the first set in just 22 minutes Her variety of shots and changes of pace and angle proved too much for the out-of-sorts 2011 and 2014 champion.

After her victory, Jabeur said: "I don't know who played today! It's amazing. I love how Petra plays. I respect a lot what she has done for women's tennis and today to be able to win against her is huge for me really. "I'm loving every moment that I'm here.

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