Emma Navarro ousts defending Wimbledon champion Barbora Krejcikova - ESPN

American Emma Navarro, one of four top-10 seeds left in the women's draw, came back from a set down to eliminate defending Wimbledon champion Barbora Krejcikova 2-6, 6-3, 6-4 in the third round Saturday.

Krejcikova faded in the third set, getting her blood pressure checked at the changeover after Navarro broke her to lead 3-2 at No. 1 Court.

Krejcikova ate a banana and drank liquids during the medical check, while Navarro walked to her guest box and spoke to her coach during the break in action.

When play resumed, Krejcikova still appeared to be in distress, often leaning over and placing her hands on her knees between points.

Still, she managed to break right back to 3-all, before Navarro broke yet again and then held to lead 5-3. Two games later, it was over.

«It was really tough out here today, probably neither of us played our best tennis,» the 10th-seeded Navarro said in her on-court interview. «I know she was dealing with injuries at times; I was dealing with whatever I was dealing with over there.»

Most points were decided by what Krejcikova did. That's how she ended up with 34 winners — 21 more than Navarro — and 53 unforced errors. Remarkably, Navarro finished with just 11 unforced errors.

Navarro will be making her fifth Round of 16 appearance in the last six majors, tied with Aryna Sabalenka and Coco Gauff for the most over that span. She next faces No. 7 seed Mirra Andreeva of Russia.

With Krejcikova's loss, No. 8 Iga Swiatek — who beat unseeded American Danielle Collins in straight sets Saturday — is the only former major champion left in the bottom half of the draw.

Whoever ends up winning the women's title on July 12 will be the ninth champion in the past nine editions of the grass-court Grand Slam