Clinical Rybakina into Wimbledon semi-finals

Former champion Elena Rybakina cruised into nan Wimbledon semi-finals pinch a objective triumph complete Elina Svitolina connected Centre Court.

Kazakhstan's Rybakina was a level supra Svitolina successful a 6-3 6-2 triumph that took conscionable 62 minutes, and will play successful nan past 4 for nan first clip since she won nan title successful 2022.

The 25-year-old will look either Jelena Ostapenko aliases Barbora Krejcikova for a spot successful nan last pinch those 2 besides playing each different connected Wednesday.

Rybakina and Svitolina traded breaks successful nan opening games of an initially moreover first set, pinch nan Ukrainian past dropping service to emotion erstwhile trailing 4-3.

Rybakina carried her momentum done to nan 2nd set, instantly breaking pinch a heavy forehand into nan corner.

She collapsed again astatine 4-2 and served retired for nan lucifer to scope nan past 4 of a Grand Slam for nan first clip since she reached nan Australian Open last successful 2023.

The consequence ended Svitolina’s run, pinch nan Ukrainian incapable to repetition her semi-final quality of past year.

On Monday, nan 29-year-old erstwhile world number 3 said it was "extremely tough" to play astatine Wimbledon aft Russian strikes killed dozens of group and earnestly damaged a children's infirmary successful her autochthonal Ukraine.