- Brazilian player forced to retire with back injury
- Reigning champion will now face Ons Jabeur or Petra Kvitova
Twelve months ago Elena Rybakina walked on to Centre Court with the air of the quietest girl at school – which is to say, not much air at all. Taking on her charismatic opposite, the ebullient Ons Jabeur, it was the low-key Rybakina who prevailed to lift the Venus Rosewater dish, with a big smile and a small fist pump.
On the opening day of this tournament’s second week, Rybakina remained in contention to defend her title after a rout of Britain’s Katie Boulter had sent her into the fourth round to face the thirteenth seed, Beatriz Haddad Maia.