Rybakina

For a second-straight year, Australia's Ajla Tomljanovic has had her Wimbledon campaign brutally halted in the quarter-finals. The Croatian-born world No.

Early in the third set, commentators described Rybakina as “almost unstoppable,” and declared Tomljanovic “looks confused”. But she fought her way back into the match, fending off a break point to make it 1-3 in the third set. She had nine unforced errors compared to just two winners in the set, a reversal of the opening set, and failed to capitalise on Rybakina’s wild serving – with just 42 per cent of first serves landing in. Including that game, Tomljanovic lost seven games in a row – and was down a break point in an eighth – before finally getting on the board at 1-3 down in the decider. Tomljanovic errors began to creep in her first service game of the second set, giving Rybakina three break points, and the Kazakh star made no mistake. The Australian was assured and clinical for the remainder of the set, never allowing her opponent a sniff at a potential break, and finishing with nine winners to just three unforced errors. Tomljanovic delivered a near-faultless first set, before collapsing midway through the second set, losing seven-straight games to fall from 2-3 in the second to 0-3 in the decider.

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As her enormous serve and forehand began to fire, Rybakina simply overpowered Tomljanovic from the baseline. Rybakina had previously reached one grand slam quarter-final, beating Serena Williams en route to what was previously a career-best result at the French Open last year. By breaking new ground at Wimbledon, Rybakina, the 17th seed, is the first Kazakh player to reach a grand slam semi-final in either the men’s or women’s singles events.

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She was up 5-1 and served for the match at that score but dropped her serve in the last rallying effort from Tomljanovic. She did finish it off with 6-3 with several strong serves. She improved her level a little bit in the 2nd set as Tomljanovic dropped off a cliff. She was able to win many free points thanks to her serve particularly as the match went on and Tomljanovic dropped in level.

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Serving for the match again later at 5-3, Rybakina made no mistakes this time. That allowed Tomljanovic to break for 2-5 and stay in the contest. Rybakina assumed control of the third set and the match when she broke Tomljanovic early on for 2-0 lead. Rybakina raced out to a 5-1 lead and served for the match. Rybakina finally started to make more in-roads into the Australian’s game as she forced Tomljanovic out of her strike zone. Tomljanovic couldn’t sustain her momentum as she quickly fell behind a service break in her opening game of the second set.

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Elena Rybakina defeated Ajla Tomljanovic 4-6, 6-2, 6-3 (WTA)

Kazakh Elena Rybakina, the No 17 seed, won against Australian Ajla Tomljanovic 4-6, 6-2, 6-3 to move into her first Slam semi-final. I started a bit slow, I didn’t start that well, maybe I was nervous. It was a really tough match.

No.17 seed Elena Rybakina came from a set down to defeat Ajla Tomljanovic at Wimbledon and become the first Kazakh to reach a Grand Slam semifinal.

A slew of unforced errors saw her fail to serve out the match, and when she reached match point on the Tomljanovic serve at 5-2, her forehand found the net. But stepping up to the line a second time, Rybakina made no mistake. In the second set, it was Rybakina's turn to be near-watertight on serve, conceding only one point behind her first delivery. Match management: Tomljanovic, contesting her second straight Wimbledon quarterfinal and also bidding to reach her first major semifinal, opened the match in formidable form. She hit back at the start of the second set, breaking Tomljanovic with an efficient dropshot-volley combination for 2-0. Prior to Wimbledon, Rybakina had not reached a quarterfinal since Indian Wells in March, and she had won only one grass-court match in two tournaments.

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"It is a big challenge for me. "Maybe I was nervous. It means a lot." "It is amazing. I am really happy to be into the semi-final. "I'm very emotional right now.

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"It is a big challenge for me. "Maybe I was nervous. It means a lot." "It is amazing. I am really happy to be into the semi-final. "I'm very emotional right now.

Kazakhstan's Elena Rybakina fought back from a set down to beat Ajla Tomljanovic in the Wimbledon quarter-finals.

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Now I think I’m in a different spot, for sure. I played someone that was playing unbelievable tennis,” Tomljanovic said of her 6-1, 6-3 loss to Barty. Alja will be hoping to continue her rich vein of form with a victory over Rybakina in tonight’s quarter-final and then look to build towards achieving her career goal of becoming the number one ranked player in the world. Building on the momentum from her first ever quarter-final appearance at Wimbledon last year, Tomljanović reached a career best 38th in the WTA women’s singles rankings at the end of February this year, prior to some tough results which followed. After breaking through to the top 50 for the first time in 2014 and looking to continue her ascension through the rankings, Tomljanović suffered a serious shoulder injury in early 2016 that ended her season and led to a long road to recovery. The 29-year-old Aussie is hoping to use the lessons she learned from the experience of her crushing quarter-final defeat at the hands of compatriot, and former world number one, Barty to propel her into the semi-finals of a Grand Slam championship for the first time in her career.

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