Iga Swiatek's Wimbledon dream was hanging by the thinnest of threads as she faced two match points against Belinda Bencic but the world number one came through the toughest of tests to reach her first quarter-final at the grasscourt Grand Slam on Sunday.
Her Swiss opponent proved a frustrating obstacle for Swiatek, with Poland's four-time Grand Slam winner struggling to master the Olympic champion for the majority of what proved an intriguing tussle on Centre Court.
But Swiatek saved two match points at 5-6 in the second and then levelled the contest in another tiebreak. "I don't know if I even came back from match point down in my career," Swiatek said in her on court interview. "I feel I needed the win to believe in myself on this surface."Swiatek had not dropped a set in her previous three matches at the tournament but any thoughts that she would face a similarly smooth ride against Bencic were quickly dispelled.
Swiatek would have been forgiven for thinking it was not going to be her day when Bencic saved a seventh straight break point in the first game of the second set. The Pole saved both and then finally swung momentum in her favour as she dominated the tiebreak to level the match.
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