- No 4 seed lives up to favourite tag with 6-3, 6-2 win
- Rybakina will face Barbora Krejcikova in semi-finals
A couple of weeks before the start of Wimbledon, Elena Rybakina had an all too familiar setback. In the early stages of a quarter-final during a warm‑up tournament in Berlin, she retired with a stomach injury. A cloud of uncertainty still hung over her status as she returned to Wimbledon, where in 2022 she won her first and only major title.
But as Rybakina has progressed through the draw and all of her rivals have gradually fallen away, she has reached the final stages performing at a spectacular level and reinforcing her status as the prohibitive favourite. Rybakina returned to the semi-finals with an imperious performance on Centre Court, crushing a helpless Elina Svitolina 6-3, 6-2.
Written by Tumaini Carayol at Wimbledon
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