Ajla Tomljanovic got here from a set all the way down to beat Alize Cornet and attain her second straight Wimbledon quarterfinal.
The Australian received 4-6, 6-4, 6-3 on No. 2 Court docket to arrange a gathering with Elena Rybakina, and was in tears after a grueling match that lasted 2 hours, 35 minutes.
“I didn’t actually suppose I might do it,” stated Tomljanovic, who misplaced to eventual champion Ash Barty in final yr’s quarterfinals. “I can’t imagine a yr later I’m in the identical place.”
The 32-year-old Cornet ended No. 1 Iga Swiatek’s 37-match successful streak within the earlier spherical. The French veteran was taking part in in her 62nd straight Grand Slam match — equaling the WTA report held by Ai Sugiyama — and sixty fifth general, however solely reached her first main quarterfinal on the Australian Open this yr.
It is back-to-back Wimbledon quarter-finals for @Ajlatom 🇦🇺
The Aussie fights from a set down in opposition to 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 ladies’s draw.
The Romanian beat fourth-seeded Paula Badosa 6-1, 6-2 on Centre Court docket to return to the Wimbledon quarterfinals and prolong her successful streak on the All England Membership to 11 matches.
The Sixteenth-seeded Halep received 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, nonetheless, Halep’s first win over a top-five ranked participant on grass.
Particular 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 previous No. 1, who additionally received the French Open in 2018, has but to drop a set on this yr’s match and constantly acquired 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 ladies’s match.
