Jul 13, 2023
Nine months after giving birth and three months since returning to the tour from maternity leave, 28-year-old Elina Svitolina is the feel-good story of Wimbledon.
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Playing on a wildcard, 76th ranked Svitolina has made no secret that with her country locked in a war against Russia, there are bigger issues at stake.
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Svitolina has knocked out four Grand Slam champions to make the semi-finals -- Venus Williams, Sofia Kenin, Victoria Azarenka and world number one Iga Swiatek.
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Marketa Vondrousova has seen off four seeded players and in her quarter-final win over Jessica Pegula, came from 4-1 down in the final set.
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World number 42 Vondrousova is the sixth Czech woman to reach the semi-finals at Wimbledon and is also probably the most tattooed.
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Aryna Sabalenka is into her fourth successive Grand Slam semi-final and second at the All England Club after 2021.
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Sabalenka has made the semi-finals of the US Open, won the Australian Open in January and then reached the French Open semi-final in June.
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If Sabalenka makes the final, she will dethrone Iga Swiatek as world number one.
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Ons Jabeur, 28, is in the semi-finals for a second successive year and defeated Elena Rybakina to avenge her loss to the Kazakh in last year's final.
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Jabeur has battled to make the last four -- coming from a set down to beat Bianca Andreescu in the third round and over-turning a deficit to see off Rybakina.
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