Polish tennis player Iga Swiateková made it to the singles quarterfinals at the Grand Slam tournament in Wimbledon for the first time in her career.
TASR 09.07.2023 15:12, updated: 22:19
Foto: SITA/AP, Kirsty Wigglesworth
Belinda Bencicová during the match with Iga Swiateková.
The world and seeded number one defeated the fourteenth seeded Belinda Bencic in three sets 6:7 (4), 7:6 (2), 6:3 in a dramatic round of 16 match.
Swiss woman with Slovak roots, Bencicová, who is coached by Slovakian Matej Lipták, was close to victory.
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After winning the tiebreak of the first set, she led in the second set 2:0, 3:1 and had two match points at 6:5. However, Swiateková finally managed the difficult situation and stretched her winning streak to 14 meetings.
“I am all the happier that I was able to win the match, even though the opponent had match points. At such a moment, you know that you have to give everything, but at the same time play carefully.
I am very happy to continue in this tournament. I’m doing well on grass this season,” noted Swiateková, who adjusted the mutual balance with Bencicová to 3:1.
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In the quarterfinals, the Pole will meet the Ukrainian Jelina Svitolina, who also reached the top eight after a three-set duel. She defeated the nineteen-ranked Belarusian Victoria Azarenkova 2:6, 6:4, 7:6 (9).
Svitolina was losing in the tiebreak of the decisive set 4:7, but she finally managed to turn it around and ended the match after the second match point.
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American Jessica Pegulová won in the round of 16 over Ukraine’s Lesia Curenko 6:1, 6:3. In the fight for the semi-finals, she will meet the Czech Markéta Vondroušová, who eliminated compatriot Marie Bouzkova, seeded as number 32, in three sets 2:6, 6:4 and 6:3.
She made it to the top eight at Wimbledon for the first time in her career.
Only 16-year-old Russian Mirra Andrejevová defeated the 22nd seeded compatriot Anastasia Potapova in the 3rd round 6:2, 7:5. In the round of 16, she will meet the American Madison Keys.
Women – singles – round of 16:
Markéta Vondroušová (Czech Republic) – Marie Bouzková (Czech Republic-32) 2:6, 6:4, 6:3, Jessica Pegulová (USA-4) – Lesia Curenková (Ukr.) 6:1, 6:3, Iga Swiateková ( Poland-1) – Belinda Benčičová (Switzerland-14) 6:7 (4), 7:6 (2), 6:3, Jelina Svitolinová (Ukraine) – Victoria Azarenkova (Belarus-19) 2:6 , 6:4, 7:6 (9).
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Mirra Andrejevová (Rus.) – Anastasia Potapovová (Rus.-22) 6:2, 7:5,
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