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Josh O'Brien

Iga Swiatek crashes out of Wimbledon as Ukraine hero Elina Svitolina beats world No.1

World number one Iga Swiatek has been dumped out of Wimbledon at the quarter-final stage at the hands of Elina Svitolina.

The thrilling encounter was won over three sets, with Svitolina being made to work for the first before eventually taking it 7-5. Swiatek responded by winning the second in an intense tie-break, but Ukrainian Svitolina made light work of the third and ran out 6-2 victor.

After securing her place in the final four of the competition, six months after having a baby, Svitolina was emotional as she told the BBC: "I don't really know what is happening right now in my head. Yeah, just really unbelievable.

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