Wimbledon 2024: Rybakina, Djokovic in semis!

12/7/2024, 

Former champion of the prestigious Wimbledon Grand Slam tennis tournament Elina Rybakina, Serbian star Novak Djokovic reached the semifinals. 2022 champion Rybakina defeated Svitolina (Ukraine) 6-3, 6-2 in the women's singles quarters on Wednesday. Rybakina burst out with sharp serves and knocked down her opponent with the same force.

Rybakina hit 7 aces and 28 winners in this match. After losing the first game of the first set, Rybakina bounced back immediately. She broke the opponent's service and took a 2-1 lead. Svitolina also fought back to level the score. From there, there was no way for Rybakina. In the second set, she continued the same effort and won.

In another quarterfinal, Czech Republic player, 31st seed Krejcikova defeated 13th seed Vosta Penko (Latvia) 6-4, 7-6(7-4) and reached the semifinals for the first time. In the men's singles, Novak Djokovic was given a walkover after his opponent withdrew with an injury. With that, Djokovic reached the Wimbledon semis for the 13th time. In this process, he equalled Roger Federer's record.