Quarterfinal quests: Wimbledon 2019's last eight in pictures
The best pictures from last-eight action at The Championships 2019.
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Zhang Shuai, who had beaten Simona Halep twice in 2016, picked up where she left off that year, blitzing her way to a 4-1 lead (Getty)
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After saving four points to fall behind 1-5, Halep turned the match around to come through 7-6(4), 6-1 and make her second Wimbledon semifinal (Getty)
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Halep, who has now reached at least one Grand Slam semifinal in five of the past six years, shared a moment at net with Zhang afterwards (Getty)
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Five-time Wimbledon champion Serena Williams was also down an early break to Alison Riske, but stormed back to capture it 6-4 (Getty)
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First-time major quarterfinalist Riske has been battle-hardened lately, though, and she hit back to force a decider - her eighth consecutive three-setter (Getty)
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Midway through the third set, Williams tied her hair up in what she would later call her "business bun"... (Getty)
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Williams did not lose a game after putting her hair in her "business bun", coming through a top-notch contest against Riske 6-4, 4-6, 6-3 (Getty)
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Wimbledon debutante Karolina Muchova, playing her maiden Grand Slam quarterfinal, took a 5-2 first set lead over Elina Svitolina, wowing No.1 court with her shotmaking (Getty)
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Svitolina fought back with gutsy tennis to become the first Ukrainian player to reach a major semifinal with a 7-5, 6-4 win over Muchova (Getty)
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Svitolina, who had lost all four of her previous Grand Slam quarterfinals, shows her relief at breaking through (Getty)
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Barbora Strycova also fell behind an early break against Johanna Konta, but hustled and sliced her way back into the match (Getty)
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From diving volleys to dropshots, Strycova's full repertoire was on show against Konta (Getty)
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Konta showed her frustration as the match slipped away from her (Getty)
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Strycova, however, was overjoyed to reach her first Grand Slam semifinal at the age of 33 after beating Konta 7-6(5), 6-1 (Getty)
