In a Centre Court clash between two of last year's top performers at Wimbledon, No.21 seed Elina Svitolina of Ukraine charged past No.10 seed Ons Jabeur of Tunisia 6-1, 7-6(4) on Saturday to make the Round of 16.

"Definitely was a great performance," Svitolina said afterwards. "I'm really happy the way I was playing, the way I was moving around the court. It was a really good match for my side. I had to be focused from the first point to the last one, and I'm happy I could execute that."

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Svitolina, who reached her second career Wimbledon semifinal in 2023, needed 80 minutes to end Jabeur's hopes of making a third straight Wimbledon final. Jabeur finished runner-up to Elena Rybakina in 2022 and Marketa Vondrousova in 2023.

Despite Jabeur's grass-court acumen, Svitolina maintained the upper hand in their rivalry. Svitolina and Jabeur had not faced off since 2021 and this was their first meeting on grass; nevertheless, Svitolina improved to 4-1 over Jabeur after triumphing without dropping her serve.

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Svitolina has made the second week at five of the six Grand Slams she has contested since her return, including a quarterfinal at 2023 Roland Garros ahead of her 2023 Wimbledon semifinal run.

However, this was Svitolina's first Top 10 win since she shocked World No.1 Iga Swiatek in last year's Wimbledon quarterfinals. In the 12 months between that upset and her victory over Jabeur on Saturday, Svitolina had gone 0-6 against the Top 10.

Match breakdown: After Svitolina saved a break point in Saturday's opening game, she was nearly flawless in the first set. Both players had 10 winners in the first set, but Jabeur had 11 unforced errors while Svitolina had only two.

The second set was a much different story as both players barged through their service games with minimal fuss. They each faced and saved a single break point in the second set, as they inexorably moved into the tiebreak.

Once they got to the breaker, Svitolina took quick control. The Ukrainian used incredible defense to draw errors and lead 3-1, then used a powerful forehand to reach 4-1.

At 6-4, Svitolina converted her second of three match points by forcing an error with a sturdy backhand. Svitolina ended the match saving both of the break points she faced, and she finished with 20 winners to 12 unforced errors.

Next up, Wang Xinyu: Svitolina will try to keep her campaign going when she has her first career meeting with World No.42 Wang Xinyu of China in the Round of 16. 

Wang battled past British hope Harriet Dart in their third-round match on Court No.2, eking out a 2-6, 7-5, 6-3 victory over the World No.100. Wang was down a break in both the second and third sets, but made comebacks each time en route to a 2-hour and 18-minute victory.

This marks 22-year-old Wang's second trip to a Grand Slam Round of 16, having also gone that far at last year's US Open. She also won a Grand Slam doubles title last year, partnering Hsieh Su-wei to victory at Roland Garros.

Wang was down a set and a break as late as 3-1 in the second set, and Dart was two points away from victory at 5-4 and deuce. But Dart misfired on a putaway which would have given her match point, and Wang pulled away from there, winning the next three games to level the match.

Dart also held a 3-0 lead in the decider, but Wang amped up her groundstroke power and consistency to reel off six games in a row and dismiss the penultimate British woman remaining in singles. Emma Raducanu is now the last British woman standing in the singles draw.

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