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Daniel Harris (earlier) and Rob Smyth (much later)

Wimbledon day seven: Swiatek survives Bencic scare, Svitolina beats Azarenka – as it happened

Iga Swiatek celebrates beating Belinda Bencic.
Iga Swiatek celebrates beating Belinda Bencic. Photograph: Zac Goodwin/PA

So, Elina Svitolina will play the top seed Iga Swiatek in the last eight. That’s it for today’s blog. Novak Djokovic is about to start on Centre Court against Hubert Hurkacz, and we’ll have a report of that game on the site later. Thanks for your company, please join us tomorrow – goodnight.

Elina Svitolina beats Victoria Azarenka [19] 6-2, 4-6, 7-6 (11-9)

What a moment. Svitolina hammered down an ace and then fell on her back in joy. There’s no handshake – Svitolina, who is from Ukraine, won’t shake hands with any players from Russia or Belarus – and then Azarenka is booed as she walks off the court. That was a bit weird.

Ukraine's Elina Svitolina.
Ukraine's Elina Svitolina. Photograph: Glyn Kirk/AFP/Getty Images

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