2023-07-09 19:48:07
The Polish champion, Roland Garros in 2020, 2022, 2023, and Flushing Meadows 2022, succeeded in reaching the quarter-finals of Wimbledon for the first time in her professional career, and she will meet Ukrainian Elena Svitolina, the 76th in the world, who defeated Belarusian Victoria Azarenka 20 2-6, 6-4, 7-6 (11-9). ).
And the imposition of a tie itself in the first six games, so the two players resorted to a tiebreaker, which the Croatian decided in her favor 7-4 in 66 minutes.
It is the first group that Chivontec loses in this year’s edition.
Chivontec started the second set by breaking the serve of its opponent and advanced 1-0, then 2-0, but the Swiss succeeded in returning the salute in the sixth game, tying it 3-3, then had two opportunities to settle the group and the match in her favor in the twelfth game, but the Polish woman saved them and equalized 6- 6.
The two players resorted to a tie-break for the second time, and this time the result was in favor of the Polish 7-2, and thus won the second set 7-6 in 68 minutes.
Chivontec broke Bencic’s serve in the fourth game of the decisive set and advanced 3-1, then 4-1, 5-2 before settling it 6-3 in 49 minutes.
It is the fourth victory for the Polish over the Swiss in five confrontations that have brought them together so far.
“I got the match ball, no? I don’t even know if I had won previously after I saved the match ball,” said the 22-year-old Polish woman.
She added, “In these moments, you have to try to play without too much fear because generally the person who has the match ball in their favor is the one who has the most pressure.”
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