Elina Svitolina surprises Swiatek in the quarter to play vs Vondrousova at Wimbledon. HIGHLIGHTS, INTERVIEW – WIMBLEDON RESULTS

Elina Svitolina stuns Iga Swiatek 7-5 6-7(5) 6-2 in the quarter in London on Tuesday. Svitolina will square off with Marketa Vondrousova in the semifinal. The match lasted 2 hours and 51 minutes. This run will match her best achievement in this tournament. Here you can see her history at this event.

London

Svitolina's Record

Svitolina added to her prize money £ 260,000 after winning this match. She has already won £ 600,000 until now in this tournament. If she wins the next match, Elina will add £ 575,000 to her earnings to get in total £ 1,175,000.

Highlights Elina Svitolina vs. Iga Swiatek Wimbledon – London

Svitolina’s Interview

Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners

Svitolina

Swiatek

7-5 6-7⁵ 6-2
2h:51

111

111

Total points

96

96

51

51

Winners

48

48

46%

46%

Ratio Winners

50%

50%

25

25

Unforced

41

41

38%

38%

Ratio Unforced

62%

62%

9/14

9/14

Net Approaches

9/16

9/16

64%

64%

Perc

56%

56%

-- Serve --

5

5

Aces

3

3

9

9

Double Faults

3

3

57%

57%

1st in

72%

72%

82%

82%

1st won

68%

68%

51/62

51/62

1st won

48/71

48/71

40%

40%

2nd won

33%

33%

19/47

19/47

2nd won

9/27

9/27

177

177

Fastest serve

181

181

160

160

AVG 1^st Serve

160

160

128

128

AVG 2^nd Serve

125

125

-- Break Points --

6/9

6/9

Total

3/5

3/5

67%

67%

Won

60%

60%

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At the end of the match, Svitolina scored 111 points vs. Iga’s 96.

Svitolina

The Ukrainian served exceptionally well to win 82% of the points (51/62) behind her first serve. Nonetheless she won only 40% points (19/47) on her second serve. Svitolina was well focused in converting 67% of the break points that she procured (6/9).

Swiatek

On the other side, Swiatek was pretty effective at converting 60% of the break points that she conquered points (3/5). Anyhow, that was not enough to win the encounter.

After this contest, the head to head between Svitolina and Swiatek is 1-1.

Draw and next match H2H: Elina Svitolina vs. Marketa Vondrousova – stats

Svitolina will come up against Vondrousova in the semifinal.

This will be the 6^th time that Elina Svitolina and Marketa Vondrousova play each other. The head to head is 3-2 for Svitolina (see full H2H stats), but they have never played each other on grass.

The last time that they played, Vondrousova won 6-3 6-1 in the semifinal in Tokyo back in 2021.

Live score progression and stats

Svitolina was in a great position at the beginning of the set to break Iga Swiatek in the 1^st game (1-0). Yet, the Ukrainian refused to bow to find the way to come back to break the Pole 3 times in the 4^th (2-2), in the 10^th (5-5) gamein the 12^th game before winning the set (7-5) after breaking his opponent in the last game.

The Pole was powerless in the last 4 games of the set when the scoreline went from 3-5 to 7-5.

The Ukrainian was spot on in converting all her break points in the 4^th (1-2 40-A), the 9^th (4-5 0-40) and the 12^th game (6-5 15-40). In addition on the other side, Iga was on the money in converting all her break points in the 1^st (0-0 40-A) and the 5^th game (2-2 40-A).

They played 73 points. Svitolina was the one to win the set after conquering 7 more points than Iga (40-33). Svitolina surrendered 15 points on serve (22-15). On the losing side, Iga conceded 18 points on serve (18-18).

Iga won the set after she broke the Ukrainian in the 3^rd (2-1) game. The Ukrainian tried to stage a comeback breaking in the 6^th (3-3) game. Yet, the Pole stayed solid to eventually clinch the set at the following tiebreak at 5.

The Ukrainian surrendered the 3^rd game (2-1) when she had a strong 40-0 lead while on serve.

Tiebreak

The Pole won 2 minibreaks in the 8^th (4-4) and 12^th (7-5) point. On the other side, Elina won 4 minibreaks in the 2^nd (1-1), 3^rd (2-1), 6^th (4-2) and 10^th (5-5) point.

This was the tiebreak sequence: 0-1, 1-1, 1-2, 1-3, 1-4, 2-4, 3-4, 4-4, 4-5, 5-5, 6-5, 7-5

The Pole was spot on in converting all her break points in the 3^rd (1-1 40-A) and the 9^th game (4-4 15-40 and 30-40). The Pole saved 1 set point when she was trailing 4-5. On the other side, Elina was clinical in converting the only break point that she conquered in the 6^th game (2-3 15-40).

They contested 80 points. The set was a huge battle since finally Swiatek won just 2 more points than the Ukrainian (41-39). Iga lost 10 points on serve (27-10). Regarding the other side of the net, Svitolina conceded 14 points on serve (29-14).

The Ukrainian in this set didn’t concede much to Iga and without too much struggle she won 6-2 after breaking Iga in the 3^rd (2-1) and in the 5^th (4-1) game.

A defining moment of this set was when Elina won 5 consecutive games in the 3^rd set to change the scoreline from 0-1 to 5-1.

The Ukrainian converted 40% of her break points (2/5). She had 5 break points opportunities in the 3^rd (1-1 15-40, 30-40 and 40-A) and the 5^th game (3-1 15-40 and 30-40). On the other side, the Ukrainian didn’t concede a single break point during this set.

They played 54 points. The Ukrainian won 10 more points than the Pole (32-22). The Ukrainian lost 9 points on serve (19-9). On the losing side, Swiatek conceded 13 points on serve (13-13).

Tennis Scores in Wimbledon

• Marketa VondrousovaVondrousova – Jessica PegulaPegula (6-4 2-6 6-4) – Stats and score progression
• Elina SvitolinaSvitolina – Iga SwiatekSwiatek (7-5 6-7⁵ 6-2) – Stats and score progression

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