Wimbledon set for another new women's winner after Barbora Krejcikova exit
The 29-year-old Czech player, who beat Jasmine Paolini in the 2024 final, was experiencing dizziness and appeared visibly distressed for the remainder of the match.
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She was frequently bent over with her hands on her knees before being in tears at the back of the court ahead of the final two games.
'All I can say is that the first half of the match I was definitely enjoying myself on the court and I was feeling quite well,' said 17th seed Krejcikova.
'But then suddenly out of nowhere I just lost all my energy and I couldn't really gain it back.
'First of all, I thought that it was the food, that I ate too early. That's why I started with all the bananas and all the sugars and stuff.
'But I wasn't really feeling better, I was actually feeling worse and worse with the time on court.
'Unfortunately it ended up this way, which is just very unfortunate and really sad and disappointing for me.'
Not since Serena Williams lifted the Venus Rosewater Dish for the seventh and final time in 2016 has a female former champion triumphed in SW19.
In contrast, there have only been five different winners of the men's competition – Roger Federer, Rafael Nadal, Novak Djokovic, Andy Murray and Carlos Alcaraz – during the past 22 years.
Rybakina earlier suffered a rain-delayed 7-6 (6) 6-3 upset against 22-year-old Dane Clara Tauson.
The 11th seed made 31 unenforced errors across the contest, including sending a straightforward forehand long on match point.
'Grass is very unpredictable, it's very short season, not everyone gets to adjust quick,' she said.
'No one won it (the title) more than once lately. Hopefully it's going to happen soon but it's just very different from all the other surfaces.'
Tauson's reward for one of the biggest wins of her career is a last-16 meeting with five-time grand slam champion Iga Swiatek, who beat Danielle Collins in straight sets.
Teenage seventh seed Mirra Andreeva awaits Navarro after she rushed into round four with a straight-sets win over American world number 55 Hailey Baptiste.
With inclement conditions temporarily halting play on the outer courts, the 18-year-old Russian cruised to a 6-1 6-3 victory under the Court One roof.
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Aside from world number one Aryna Sabalenka, who overcame Britain's Emma Raducanu on Friday evening, Andreeva is the highest seeded player remaining in the women's draw following a series of upsets across week one.
Liudmila Samsonova joins compatriot Andreeva in the second week after hitting a monster serve of 128 miles per hour in her 6-2 6-3 victory over Daria Kasatkina.
Samsonova's effort was just short of the Wimbledon women's record of 129mph – set by Venus Williams in 2008.
Kasatkina, who switched allegiance from Russia to Australia earlier this year after publicly criticising her country's LGBTQ+ laws and the war in Ukraine, trailed 6-2 2-0 when play was temporarily halted by rain and could not mount a comeback.
Spaniard Jessica Bouzas Maneiro beat Ukraine's Dayana Yastremska in three sets to set up a clash with Samsonova.
Belinda Bencic came from a break down in the third set against Elisabetta Cocciaretto to win the second-longest women's match of this year's Wimbledon.
The 28-year-old Swiss player, who missed last year's tournament due to the birth of her daughter, progressed 6-4 3-6 7-6 (10/7) in two hours and 58 minutes following multiple rain delays, including a lengthy off-court spell after the first set.
Former Olympic champion Bencic will face Russian 18th seed Ekaterina Alexandrova – a straight-sets victor against Zeynep Sonmez – in round four.
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