- Czech defeats No 4 seed 6-4, 2-6, 6-4 in epic match
- Vondrousova 4-1 down in third set but reels off five games
In a quarter-final with enough twists, turns and drama to generate its own Netflix series, Marketa Vondrousova reached her first Wimbledon semi-final when she came back from 4-1 down in the final set to beat the No 4 seed, Jessica Pegula, 6-4, 2-6, 6-4.
Two players who had never met before and who have bubbled under the surface of their sport – Pegula the career pro who has bloomed in her late 20s, Vondrousova trying to return to the form of 2019 after a series of wrist injuries – produced a match that will have bolstered the reputations of both and was deserving of the rapt crowd it received on No 1 Court.