World No. 1 Iga Swiatek survived an almighty scare to beat Belinda Bencic 6-7 7-6(2) 6-3 in a thriller and advance to the quarter-finals of Wimbledon.
One set down and forced to defend two match points, Swiatek displayed the characteristics of a true champion to emerge victorious and seal her place in the last-eight, representing the Polish star’s best ever performance at SW19.
At the same time top seed Swiatek was fending off Belinda Bencic 6-7 (4-7) 7-6 (7-2) 6-3 on Centre Court, there was also quality and drama on Court One.
Ukraine's Svitolina celebrated a 2-6 6-4 7-6 (11-9) win over Azarenka in what she called "the second happiest moment" of her life after giving birth.
But Belarusian Azarenka left to boos.
Swiatek will face Ukraine's Elina Svitolina for a spot in the semifinals. Svitolina endured her own dramatic victory, defeating former No.1 Victoria Azarenka in a deciding tiebreak. Swiatek won their only previous match, a straight-sets win on the clay at 2021 Rome.
England Club that showcased some of the best women's tennis from well established names, there was also a stunning performance from the next generation in the shape of Russian teenager Mirra Andreeva.
The Russian qualifier will face Madison Keys this morning on No2 Court with a last eight tie against either second seed Belarusian Aryna Sabalenka or fellow Russian Ekaterina Alexandrova. 
If Andreeva were to win the tournament she’d be the youngest Ladies Singles winner since Martina Hingis won the title aged 16 and 278 days. Lottie Dod won Wimbledon in 1887 in the amateur era aged 15.
Andrey Rublev took five sets to beat Alexander Bublik, having won the opening two sets before his opponent from Kazakhstan forced a decider, while American Jessica Pegula toppled Lesia Tsurenko 6-1 6-3 to earn a last eight tie against Markéta Vondroušová.
"Usually I'm using my chances," Swiatek said. "I had six break points. I felt like I'm more solid. I still lost the set.
"I didn't want to focus on that in the second and third. It stayed in my head a little bit. I felt like I should have been the one that won that set, but it doesn't work like that. I thought there's no sense to kind of think about that. I just wanted to go forward and have no regrets."
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