Women’s Quarterfinals Are Set at Wimbledon

And then there were eight.

The women’s quarterfinals are set at Wimbledon. With no former Wimbledon champions remaining in the draw, we’ll see a first-time women’s singles winner at SW19 for the ninth consecutive staging.

Here are the matchups:

And here are the results from the round of 16 on the women’s side at Wimbledon

• [14] Naomi Osaka d. [1] Aryna Sabalenka 6-2, 7-6(2).
• [10] Karolina Muchova d. Barbora Krejcikova 7-5, 5-7, 6-3.
• [4] Jessica Pegula d. [16] Iva Jovic 4-6, 6-3, 6-1
• [7] Coco Gauff d. Belinda Bencic 4-6, 6-3, 6-4
• [12] Marta Kostyuk d. Ashlyn Krueger 6-4, 6-4
• [13] Jasmine Paolina d. [29] Alexandra Eala 6-4, 4-6, 6-3
• [9] Linda Noskova d. [26] Madison Keys 6-4, 7-6(2)
• [25] Elise Mertens d. [21] Maria Bouzkova 6-4 6-4

Notes and Numbers

Pegula, seeded four, is the highest seed remaining. Ninth-seeded Kostyuk is the highest-seeded player remaining in the lower half.

Four players – Osaka, Kostyuk, Noskova, Mertens – are playing their first Wimbledon quarterfinal.

Paolini is the only forme Wimbledon finalist left in the draw.

Two Americans and Two Czechs make up half of the lineup, with Japan, Ukraine, Italy and Belgium also represented.