Wimbledon 2025 – Olympic champion Belinda Bencic marks new ground in SW19
One of the feel-good stories of the Championships 2025 has been the resurgence of Belinda Bencic, Olympic gold medallist from Tokyo 2020 in 2021.
In just her second major appearance since giving birth to her daughter, the Swiss has made it to the Wimbledon quarter-finals for the first time. She faces a fellow Olympic medallist, 18-year-old sensation Mirra Andreeva, for a spot in the final four.
Elsewhere, world no. 1 Sabalenka faces the lowest-ranked player left in the women’s singles draw, Germany’s Laura Siegemund, who is in her second major quarter-final.
Five-time major champion Swiatek is up against 19th seed Liudmila Samsonova, the Polish star enjoying her game on grass and, like Sabalenka, targeting a first attempt at lifting the Venus Rosewater Dish at the end of the week.
The remaining quarter-final tie sees the USA’s remaining hope in world number 12 Amanda Anisimova take on Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova. Both women have previously made the final eight in SW19, but never the semi-finals.