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WIMBLEDON, England – Simona Halep was eliminated from Wimbledon by Hsieh Su-wei of Taiwan, losing 3-6, 6-4, 7-5 in the third round.
Only one of the top 10 women remains in the tournament: Karolina Pliskova, No. 7
Halep, reigning Roland-Garros champion, served for the match at 5-3 in the tournament. last set and had a match point in the next. game, but she could not take advantage of her chances. Hsieh saved the match point with a winner of the backhand before keeping 5-5. She then broke Halep in the next game. Halep had two more break points at 6-5 but could not take advantage of it.
The match had a total of 14 service breaks – seven for each player – five of which were consecutive to open the first set.
Hsieh, who is ranked 48th, is in the fourth round of Wimbledon for the first time. She will face Dominika Cibulkova, who beat Elise Mertens, seeded No. 6, 6-2 and 6-2
. 12 Jelena Ostapenko is the best seed in this quarterfinal
Alison Van Uytvanck, who beat number 3 Garbiñe Muguruza on the last lap, maintained his lead with a 6-2, 6-3 victory over No 28 Anett Kontaveit. Van Uytvanck will meet Daria Kasatkina's number 14 on Monday.
Rafael Nadal, number 1 in the men's standings but seeded No. 2 at Wimbledon, finished in the fourth round with a 6-1, 6-2, 6-4 victory over Australian Alex de Minaur , 19 years old
Nadal, winner of the French Open last month, has not lost a set up here in the tournament. Against De Minaur, he only faced that at three breaking points and saved them all, producing almost twice as many winners, 30 to 17.
This is Nadal's eighth trip in eighths final at the All England Club, where he won two of his 17 Grand Slam titles. A year ago, the Spaniard lost at this point.
Juan Martín del Potro, fifth seeded, overcame an angry display of Benedict's Pair to reach the second week at Wimbledon, winning, 6-4, 7-6 (4)
Pair slammed his racket and shouted loudly to the chair umpire and himself after losing the second set, and his antics shook del Potro's head in exchange.
The match was then interrupted for about 10 minutes with Pair facing another break point at 4-3 while the medical staff treated a spectator who had fainted in the heat. When the game resumed, Pair saved that point with a service winner, but was eventually broken when he scored a setback, allowing Del Potro to serve the match.
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