Iga Swiatek in the women’s singles quarterfinal at Wimbledon
In the third Grand Slam tennis tournament of the season, Wimbledon, the world number one in Polish women’s singles, Iga Swiatek, reached the quarterfinals.
On the seventh day of the tournament hosted by the capital of England, London, some matches of the third round were postponed due to bad weather conditions, as well as the matches of the fourth round.
In the women’s singles, the Polish Iga Swiatek, seed number 1, defeated the Swiss Belinda Bencic, seed 14, 2-1 with partials of 6-7, 7-6 and 6-3 after a hard fight that It went on for 3 hours and 2 minutes. 8 remain.
Fourth-seeded Jessica Pegula of the United States defeated Ukrainian Lesia Tsurenko 2-0 after 6-1 6-3 sets to reach the quarterfinals for the first time in her career at the tournament. Pegula will face the Czech Marketa Vondrousova, who beat her compatriot Marie Bouzkova 2-1 (2-6, 6-4, 6-3) in this round.
Jessica Pegula from the United States.
Entering the tournament on a special wild card, Ukrainian Elina Svitolina defeated 19th seed Belarusian Victoria Azarenka 2-6 6-4 7-6 sets 2-1 and became Swiatek’s opponent in the quarterfinals. final.
Only 16-year-old talented youngster Mirra Andreeva of Russia continued her surprise debut at the tournament. World No.102 Andreeva defeated her compatriot, No.22 seed Anastasia Potapova, 2-0 in sets of 6-2, 7-5 and entered the fourth round. (AA)
The 16-year-old Russian tennis player Mirra Andreeva.