Czech Republic's Marketa Vondrousova celebrating after winning against Czech Republic's Marie Bouzkova during their women's singles tennis match on the seventh day of the 2023 Wimbledon Championships at The All England Tennis Club in Wimbledon, southwest London, on Sunday — AFP LONDON, July 09 (AFP): Former French Open runner-up Marketa Vondrousova reached the Wimbledon quarter-finals for the first time on Sunday with a three-set win over Czech compatriot Marie Bouzkova.
World number 42 Vondrousova came through 2-6, 6-4, 6-3 on the back of 37 winners and 44 unforced errors.
The 24-year-old will face either US fourth seed Jessica Pegula or unseeded Lesia Tsurenko of Ukraine for a place in the semi-finals. It will be Vondrousova's first appearance in the last eight of a major since reaching the French Open final in 2019 where she was defeated by Ashleigh Barty.
Meanwhile, Mirra Andreeva's fairytale season continued Sunday when the 16-year-old Russian reached the Wimbledon fourth round.
Andreeva, who came through the qualifying tournament, defeated 22nd-seeded compatriot Anastasia Potapova 6-2, 7-5.
"Even if I wanted to show my emotions, I couldn't because I was out of breath on every point," said Andreeva.
The teenager had to battle hard in the second set, coming back from 1-4 down before squandering seven break points in the ninth game.
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