WIMBLEDON — No.31 seed Barbora Krejcikova came from 4-1 down in the second set to reach her first Wimbledon semifinal with a 6-4, 7-6(4) defeat of No.13 seed Jelena Ostapenko in 1 hour and 40 minutes.
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The Czech bounced back after failing to serve the match out at 5-4 in the second set to wrap up victory in the tiebreak. The result means that she advances to the last four of a Grand Slam for the second time in her career, and first since winning Roland Garros in 2021.
Krejcikova had lost the previous three matches she had played against Ostapenko, all in straight sets, and five of their seven prior encounters. Moreover, 2017 Roland Garros champion Ostapenko had been in formidable form this fortnight, dropping just 15 games en route to the last eight.
By contrast, Krejcikova had narrowly survived the longest match of the women’s singles competition so far in the first round, a 7-6(4), 6-7(1), 7-5 marathon over Veronika Kudermetova in 3 hours and 14 minutes. But the former No.2 came out with an astute strategy and a clinical serving performance to blunt Ostapenko’s power.
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