Ukrainian tennis player Elina Svitolina defeats top-ranked player and reaches Wimbledon semi-finals

For the second time in her career, Ukrainian tennis player Elina Svitolina has reached the Wimbledon semifinals, this time after defeating the world's number one, Iga Świątek. 

Source: Suspilne Sport

Details: Svitolina won in three sets: 7-5, 6-7(5), 6-2.

The key game in the first set was the game on Świątek’s serve, when the Pole was losing 5-6. Svitolina reached the set point after four points and clinched the decisive break.

Świątek and Svitolina continued to battle it out throughout the second set. In the tiebreaker, Svitolina had a three-point advantage, but Świątek ended up taking the second set.

Svitolina was leading in the third set from the start. After six games, she led 5-1, with two breaks to spare.

Svitolina served at 5-2 and won three match points, defeating Świątek on the second one and securing a place in the semi-finals of a major grass-court tournament.

A five-star performance 🌟@ElinaSvitolina defeats the world No.1 Iga Swiatek 7-5, 6-7(5), 6-2 to reach the semi-finals at #Wimbledon once again pic.twitter.com/l6nUu17KHj

— Wimbledon (@Wimbledon) July 11, 2023

Background: This was the second match between Svitolina and Świątek, who has up until now won every match on the grass surface this season. In May 2021, Świątek defeated Svitolina in two sets at a tournament in Rome.

Svitolina has reached the quarterfinals of a Grand Slam tournament for the second time; the first was during this year’s French Open, when she lost and was eliminated. Before her match with Świątek, Svitolina lost only two sets in four matches in this year’s Wimbledon.

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