2023-07-11 17:50:21
the polish Every Swiatekundisputed world number 1 on the women’s circuit, will continue for another year without scoring the tournament of Wimbledon. the ukrainian Elina Svitolina He closed her way by beating her in the quarterfinals 7-5, 6-7 (5) and 6-2.
Returning to the circuit, after being the mother of a girl with Gael Monfils 9 months ago, Svitolina had already reached the quarterfinals at Roland Garros a month ago. It was not the best day for Swiatek who, in the first set, let slip leads of 2-0 and 4-2. “It hasn’t been my best performance but Elina has been very good. I wanted her to win Wimbledon. I will have to improve, work harder and be more solid,” said the Polish woman who had 11 Grand Slam victories since her title a year ago. month in Paris.
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The Ukrainian tennis player, who became world number 3 in 2017 (currently 76), has made a spectacular comeback to place herself among the last four contenders for the title. “I didn’t expect to get to this level after the pregnancy and my decision to stop playing tennis,” she admitted. Svitolina will face Marketa Vondrousova that eliminated the American Jessica Pegula (6-4, 2-6, 6-4).
The other two places in the semifinals will be played this Wednesday by the Tunisian Our Jabeur against the kazakh and current champion Elena Rybakina and the Belarusian Aryna Sabalenka in front of the american Madison Keys.
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