Ajla Tomljanovic got here from a set right down to beat Alize Cornet and attain her second straight Wimbledon quarterfinal.
The Australian gained 4-6, 6-4, 6-3 on No. 2 Court to arrange a gathering with Elena Rybakina, and was in tears after a grueling match that lasted 2 hours, 35 minutes.
“I didn’t really think I could do it,” mentioned Tomljanovic, who misplaced to eventual champion Ash Barty in final yr’s quarterfinals. “I can’t believe a year later I’m in the same position.”
The 32-year-old Cornet ended No. 1 Iga Swiatek’s 37-match profitable streak within the earlier spherical. The French veteran was enjoying in her 62nd straight Grand Slam match — equaling the WTA report held by Ai Sugiyama — and sixty fifth total, however solely reached her first main quarterfinal on the Australian Open this yr.
It’s back-to-back Wimbledon quarter-finals for @Ajlatom 🇦🇺
The Aussie fights from a set down towards Alize Cornet to win 4-6, 6-4, 6-3#Wimbledon pic.twitter.com/WwLZWtM75T
— Wimbledon (@Wimbledon) July 4, 2022
Simona Halep advances
Simona Halep resides as much as her standing as the one former Grand Slam champion left on this yr’s girls’s draw.
The Romanian beat fourth-seeded Paula Badosa 6-1, 6-2 on Centre Court to return to the Wimbledon quarterfinals and prolong her profitable streak on the All England Club to 11 matches.
The Sixteenth-seeded Halep gained the title in 2019 however missed final yr’s version with an damage, whereas the 2020 match was canceled due to the pandemic. This was, nevertheless, Halep’s first win over a top-five ranked participant on grass.
Special Simona 💪
Our 2019 champion defeats Paula Badosa 6-1, 6-2 to achieve the quarter-finals#Wimbledon | #CentreCourt100 pic.twitter.com/yux7UnL9Ro
— Wimbledon (@Wimbledon) July 4, 2022
The former No. 1, who additionally gained the French Open in 2018, has but to drop a set on this yr’s match and constantly obtained the higher of Badosa within the baseline rallies. She completed with solely 9 unforced errors and saved the one break level she confronted.
Badosa’s loss means No. 3 Ons Jabeur is the one top-10 seed left within the girls’s match.
