Tennis: Defending champion Novak Djokovic, Italy’s Jannik Sinner, Ukrainian Elina Svitolina and Marketa Vondrousova of Czech Republic sail into semifinals of Wimbledon

Tennis: Defending champion Novak Djokovic, Italy’s Jannik Sinner, Ukrainian Elina Svitolina and Marketa Vondrousova of Czech Republic sail into semifinals of Wimbledon

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In Wimbledon Tennis, India’s Rohan Bopanna and his Australian partner Matthew Ebden have entered the quarterfinals of the Men’s Doubles in London. The sixth seed Indo-Australian pair defeated the Dutch-American combination of David Pel and Reese Stalder, 7-5,4-6,7-6 in a pre-quarterfinal match tonight. Bopanna and Ebden will take on the Dutch pair of Tallon Griekspoor and Bart Stevens in a clash of the last eight.

 

In the Women’s Singles quarterfinal, Ukraine’s Elina Svitolina, ranked 76th in the world, shocked top-seeded Iga Swiatek of Poland 7-5, 6-7, 6-2. Svitolina will now face Marketa Vondrousova from the Czech Republic for a place in the finals. Vondrousova defeated fourth seed Jessica Pegula of America, 6-4,2-6,6-4 in the other quarterfinal clash.

In Men’s Singles quarterfinal, defending champion and second seed Novak Djokovic of Serbia defeated Andrey Rublev of Russia 4-6, 6-1, 6-4, 6-3 to reach semifinals.  Djokovic recovered from losing the first set to Rublev to extend his Wimbledon winning streak to 33 matches and remain on course for a record-equalling eighth title. Earlier, Italian eight seed Jannik Sinner beat Roman Safiullin 6-4, 3-6, 6-2, 6-2 to reach the semi-final.