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| Sabine Lisicki beats injury and Shvedova to reach Wimbledon quarters | |
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| Sabine Lisicki battled through the pain to advance to the Wimbledon quarter-finals despite an injury that caused the German to double fault 20 times against Yaroslava Shvedova. Last year’s beaten finalist and No19 seed will play Simona Halep in the last eight at SW19. | |
| Lisicki progressed in controversial circumstances on No3 Court, with her involvement in serious doubt midway through the third set during a 6-3, 3-6, 6-4 victory. However, Lisicki fought back after taking a lengthy time out to receive shoulder treatment and now faces Halep, the French Open runner-up and third seed, for the first time in a grand slam. | |
| The German took the opening set 6-3 but Shvedova fought back to win the second 6-3 before a decider that swung both ways. Lisicki controversially called for a doctor at advantage down on her own serve with the score at 1-1 but after a lengthy break took the game and appeared reinvigorated. | |
| Shvedova, from Kazakhstan, was powerful from the back of the court and may kick herself for squandering an excellent opportunity to reach the last eight for the first time. | Shvedova, from Kazakhstan, was powerful from the back of the court and may kick herself for squandering an excellent opportunity to reach the last eight for the first time. |
| Indeed, the world No65 could not capitalise on some tame serving from Lisicki, who during the third set could only muster the strength to loop second serves over that were regularly below 65mph. She won only 25% of the points on her second serve. | |
| The final set contained four breaks of serve but Shvedova’s rhythm seemed disrupted and she conceded three match points at 5-4 down, netting at 40-30 as Lisicki crumpled to the floor. | The final set contained four breaks of serve but Shvedova’s rhythm seemed disrupted and she conceded three match points at 5-4 down, netting at 40-30 as Lisicki crumpled to the floor. |
| Unfortunately for the German, she will need to recover swiftly and is set to return to action on Wednesday for her quarter-final with Halep. The Romanian was in fine form to dispatch the world No72, Zarina Diyas, 6-3, 6-0, edging the opener before steamrolling her young opponent in the second. | |