Down goes Iga: Svitolina defeats top-ranked Swiatek to reach Wimbledon semifinals
Three months after returning from maternity leave, Elina Svitolina reached the Wimbledon semifinals by beating top-ranked Iga Swiatek 7-5, 6-7 (5), 6-2 Tuesday.
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Marketa Vondrousova knocks out fourth seed Jessica Pegula to reach semi-finals
World number four Jessica Pegula crashed out of Wimbledon after an untimely suspension of play helped shift the momentum in her surprise quarter-final defeat to Marketa Vondrousova.
Elina Svitolina stuns Iga Swiatek at Wimbledon; Jessica Pegula loses - ESPN
Top-seeded Iga Swiatek is out of Wimbledon. So, too, is American Jessica Pegula.
Jessica Pegula Loses To Marketa Vondrousova In Wimbledon Quarter-Finals
Unseeded Marketa Vondrousova beat fourth seed Jessica Pegula in a topsy-turvy match to reach the Wimbledon semi-finals on Tuesday. The Czech player, ranked 42 in the world, clawed her way back from 4-1 down in the deciding set to win 6-4, 2-6, 6-4. Pegula was quickly out of the blocks, breaking the former French Open finalist at her first opportunity but that proved a false dawn as she lost three service games in the first set, landing just 41 percent of her first serves. The American, 29, found more rhythm on her serve in the second set and cut her error count, surging into a 4-1 lead and sealing the set with her second break.
Swiatek and Pegula crash out at Wimbledon
Even the world's best players are not immune to crippling nerves as Iga Swiatek discovered when her Wimbledon dreams were turned to dust in a 7-5 6-7(5) 6-2 quarter-final defeat by Ukrainian wildcard Elina Svitolina.
Wimbledon 2023: Day 9 Order of Play and schedule – When are Novak Djokovic, Iga Swiatek and Jessica Pegula playing?
The Wimbledon locker rooms are getting quieter as the first of the singles quarter-finals arrive on Day 9. There's not even a rest day for defending men's champion Novak Djokovic as the Serbian comes back on court just a day after seeing off Hubert Hurkacz in four sets. Ad On the women's side, Iga Swiatek is up against the unseeded Elina Svitolina, who has made such an impressive comeback to Grand Slam tennis this year, having also reached the last eight at the recent French Open.
Wimbledon 2023: order of play on Tuesday
LONDON : Order of play on the main show courts on the ninth day of the Wimbledon championships on Tuesday (prefix number denotes seeding):
Wimbledon: Mirra Andreeva the youngest player to make fourth round since Coco Gauff, Jessica Pegula also wins
Mirra Andreeva has become the youngest player to make the fourth round of Wimbledon since Coco Gauff after beating Anastasia Potapova 6-2 7-5. Andreeva, 16, stormed through the first set against the 22nd seed, and though the second set was much tighter, the young prodigy showed remarkable nerve to come through in straight sets.