The first Wimbledon semifinalist was a bit of a surprise

For the first time since Roland Garros 2013, a women’s singles Grand Slam had the top four classifieds of the WTA world rankings in the quarterfinal round, with eight survivors.

the polish Iga Swiatek (1), the Belarusian Aryna Sabalenka (2), the Kazakh and current champion Elena Rybankina (3) and the American Jessica Pegula (4).

The latter is the weakest in the ranking, and this was confirmed in the first Wimbledon 2023 quarterfinal match that ended. pegulathe oldest in this round at the age of 29, hit his personal Grand Slam wall, the sixth time he stayed in the quarterfinals.

The first Wimbledon semifinalist was a bit of a surprise. On the stage, another product of the skilled and prolific Czech school, the left-hander Marketa Vondrousova28 years old and world number 42. traced to pegula a 1-4 in the third set, helped in part by a stoppage to close the roof of Court 1 due to rain.

He made a 5-0 run to prevail 6-4, 2-6 and 6-4 in 1h.55′.

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Vondrousova already knew a similar situation when she was a finalist, unexpectedly, in Roland Garros 2019. But he was always more comfortable on the ground. He hates grass. At Wimbledon he made three first rounds and one second, a balance of 1-4 so far this edition.

Distinguished by the many tattoos on her arms, she replaces compatriot Petra Kvitova, a left-hander like herself and two-time champion in this event. He will have before him, on Thursday, Iga Swiatek or Elina Svitolina.