Three months after returning from maternity leave, Elina Svitolina reached the Wimbledon semifinals by beating top-ranked Iga Swiatek 7-5, 6-7 (5), 6-2 Tuesday.The 28-year-old Ukrainian gave birth to her daughter in October and returned to the WTA tour in April. She received a wild-card entry to the grass-court tournament one month after reaching the quarterfinals at the French Open.u201cFirst of all Iu2019m going to have a beer, probably,u201d Svitolina said on court.
Source:- indianexpressu201cAt the beginning of the tournament if someone would tell me that I will be in the semifinal and beating world No. 1, I would just say that theyu2019re crazy.u201d
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Swiatek, a four-time major champion, won her third French Open title last month but was playing in the Wimbledon quarterfinals for the first time.At one point, Svitolina won 20 of 22 points against Swiatek on Centre Court, including 16 of the final 18 points in the first set.Svitolina will next face Marketa Vondrousova for a spot in Saturdayu2019s final. It will be the Ukrainian playeru2019s second appearance in the Wimbledon semifinals. She lost to eventual champion Simona Halep at that stage in 2019.u201cIu2019m just going to enjoy tonight and then get some treatment, get some massage, much needed and then just regroup and be ready for the next big battle,u201d Svitolina said.Svitolina has been ranked as high as No. 3 in the world and also reached the U.S. Open semifinals in 2019. She is currently ranked 76th. To reach the semifinals this year, she has beaten four Grand Slam champions u2014 Venus Williams in the first round, Sofia Kenin in the third, Victoria Azarenka in the fourth and Swiatek in the quarterfinals.Vondrousova won five straight games in the final set to beat fourth-seeded Jessica Pegula 6-4, 2-6, 6-4 on No. 1 Court. The left-handed Czech who reached the French Open final in 2019 trailed 4-1 in the third set but didnu2019t lose another game after that.
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