Ajla Tomljanovic has come from a set back to beat Alize Cornet and reach her second consecutive Wimbledon quarter-final.
The Australian won 4-6, 6-4, 6-3 on track number 2 to set up a meeting with Elena Rybakina, and cried after a grueling match that lasted 2 hours and 35 minutes.
“I really didn’t think I could do it,” said Tomljanovic, who lost to eventual champion Ash Barty in last year’s quarterfinals. “I can’t believe a year later I’m in the same position.”
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The 32-year-old Cornet finished with the streak of 37 consecutive wins from No. 1 Iga Swiatek in the previous round. The French veteran played in her 62nd consecutive Grand Slam tournament, equaling Ai Sugiyama’s WTA record, and 65th overall, but only reached her first major quarterfinal at the Open. Australia this year.
Tomljanovic will then play with Elena Rybakina, who comfortably won against Petra Martic by 7-5, 6-3.
The 17th seed broke in the last game of the first set and then regained a 4-2 lead in the second. He finished with 26 winners to 13 for his opponent.
Ajla Tomljanovic greets the audience after his victory. (Getty)
Rybakina reached the quarter-finals of the French Open last year, when he reached the fourth round at Wimbledon in his first appearance at the All England Club.
Amanda Anisimova put an end to Harmoniy Tan’s stunning streak and reached the quarter-finals at the All England Club for the first time, following her annoying victory over Coco Gauff by beating Tan 6-2, 6- 3 to track number 1.
She will then face 2019 Wimbledon champion Simona Halep, who is the only former Grand Slam champion left in this year’s women’s draw.
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It is the first quarter-final of Anisimova’s Grand Slam since the semi-finals of the French Open in 2019, when Tan also won along the way, while Halep beat fourth favorite Paula Badosa 6-1 and 6-2 on the center court to return to Wimbledon. quarterfinals and extends its winning streak at the All England Club to 11 games.
The 16th seed won the title in 2019, but missed last year’s edition due to injury, while the 2020 tournament was canceled due to the pandemic.
This was, however, Halep’s first win over a turf player in the top five.
The former No. 1, who also won the French Open in 2018, has yet to leave a set in this year’s tournament and has consistently outscored Badosa in the baseline rallies. He ended up with only nine unforced errors and saved the only breaking point he faced.
The defeat of Badosa means that the number 3 Ons Jabeur is the only leader of the series that remains among the top 10 in the women’s tournament.
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