Wildcard Elina Svitolina, who gave birth to her first child just nine months ago, has not only recently won a WTA title, but has now also returned to the semifinals of Wimbledon for the first time since 2019 with an awe-inspiring victory over world No.1 Iga Swiatek, 7-5 6-7(5) 6-2.
Only the third wildcard in the Open Era to reach the quarterfinals at Wimbledon, Svitolina twice recovered from a break down and won two straight games from 5-all to take the first set. In the second set, Swiatek was again the first one to go up a break, 3-1, and the Pole once again dropped the lead, but in the end she managed to edge the tiebreak and force the third set.