VIKTORIJA GOLUBIC

Switzerland has won the biggest prize in women’s team tennis for the first time after Belinda Bencic completed a near-perfect tournament by beating Australia’s Alja Tomljanovic in straight sets in the Billie Jean King Cup final.

Naomi Osaka made quick work of her first match in nearly two months.

French Open finalist Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova grasped for an air tube during a medical timeout and grew frustrated at the lack of ice in a court-side container.

Britain Wimbledon Tennis Czech Republic's Karolina Pliskova celebrates after defeating Switzerland's Viktorija Golubic during the women's singles quarterfinals match on day eight of the Wimbledon Tennis Championships in London, Tuesday, July 6, 2021. (AP Photo/Alberto Pezzali) (Alberto Pezzali)WIMBLEDON, England — (AP) — Karolina Pliskova's tennis success is predicated on a big serve, which rewards her with plenty of easy points and can get her out of trouble when needed. Thanks largely to that stroke, she is headed to the Wimbledon semifinals for the first time. ... Everything today was working quite well,” said Pliskova, the 2016 U.S. Open runner-up and a former No. That group included both the eighth-seeded Pliskova, a 29-year-old from the Czech Republic, and the unseeded Golubic, a 28-year-old from Switzerland.

Angelique Kerber has reached the semifinals at Wimbledon for the first time since winning the title there in 2018.

Britain Wimbledon Tennis Czech Republic's Karolina Pliskova celebrates after defeating Switzerland's Viktorija Golubic during the women's singles quarterfinals match on day eight of the Wimbledon Tennis Championships in London, Tuesday, July 6, 2021. (AP Photo/Alberto Pezzali) (Alberto Pezzali)WIMBLEDON, England — (AP) — The Latest on Wimbledon (all times local):___2:50 p.m.Karolina Pliskova finally had a chance to play in a Wimbledon quarterfinal, and she made the most of it. The tour veteran lost only 13 points on her serve and beat unseeded Viktorija Golubic 6-2, 6-2 to advance to the semifinals. First up on Court 1 is Karolina Pliskova against unseeded Viktorija Golubic, now underway with the retractable roof closed because of rain. 2-seeded Aryna Sabalenka, playing in her first Grand Slam quarterfinal, goes against Ons Jabeur of Tunisia.

Top-ranked Ash Barty has reached her first Wimbledon semifinal.

Wimbledon’s traditional Middle Sunday of rest will disappear in 2022.

Lucky losers Max Purcell and Kwon Soon-woo have won quarterfinals at the grass-court Eastbourne tournament to mark the first time in ATP Tour history that more than one man who lost in qualifying reached the semifinals of the same event.