After being on the verge of losing in the second round against Margarita Gasparyan, Ukraine’s Elina Svitolina had another extremely difficult encounter at Wimbledon, squeezing past Maria Sakkari 6-3 6-7(1) 6-2 after wasting two match points in the second set and then converting her seventh one in the decider.
The 31st-seeded Sakkari opened the match better, which was reflected in her 3-1 lead, but the Greek then simply froze and Svitolina won all the remaining games in the first set, closing it by breaking at love.