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Aryna Sabalenka, classified n ° 1, just beat Laura Siegemund 4-6, 6-2, 6-4.
Sabalenka, 27, was twice at the end of a break in the third set before mounting and winning the last three games in the set.
“She pushed me so much,” said Sabalenka after the field match. “After the first set, I just watched my box, thinking:” The guys, I mean, reserve the tickets. I think we are about to leave this beautiful city, country, place. “”
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Aryna Sabalenka of the famous Belarus after beating Laura Siegemund, from Germany, to win a quarter -final match in the Wimbledon tennis championships in London on Tuesday, July 8, 2025. (Photo Kirsty Wigglesworth / AP)
Sabalenka had not lost a set in this year’s tournament until she dropped the first set against Siegemund in the quarterfinals.
Siegemund, 37, plays an unorthodox tennis style that can leave agitated opponents. Siegemund has the ability to change the depth, speed, angles and towers of his blows again and again, which can frustrate any opponent and blurs the type of power that Sabalenka brings to the court.
Sabalenka credited Siegemund for playing an “smart game”.
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Aryna Sabalenka of Bélarus reacts after losing a point against Laura Siegemund, of Germany, during a quarter -final match in the single wimbledon tennis championships in London, Tuesday, July 8, 2025. (Photo Kirsty Wigglesworth / AP)
“It’s not like it was a boring game. It’s an intelligent game. She really makes everyone work against her,” said Sabalenka. “You know you have to work for each point. No matter if you are a big server, if you are a big striker. You have to work. You have to run. And you have to win the victory.”
Siegemund was the oldest player and the lowest player of women in the quarter -finals. She arrived at the All England Club this year with a career record of 2-5 before annoying Madison Keys, classified n ° 6 and pushing Sabalenka by the edge.
For Sabalenka, the victory takes him to the semi-finals of Wimbledon for the third time in his career. She lost in her two previous appearances of Wimbledon in the semi-finals in 2021 and 2023.
Laura Siegemund, from Germany, reacts as she embodies Aryana Sabalenka in Belarus in a quarter -final match in the single wimbledon tennis championships in London, on Tuesday, July 8, 2025. (Photo Kirsty Wigglesworth / AP)
Wimbledon is the only Grand Slam tournament in which Sabalenka did not appear in the final. The world n ° 1 has won the Australian Open twice, the US Open once, and lost in the French Open.
Sabalenka will face American Amanda Anisimova in the semi-finals on Thursday, where she will seek to unravel and reach the final of the Grand Chelem Grass-Court tournament.
