Jasmine Paolini reached Wimbledon’s quarter-finals by defeating Maria Sakkari in three sets. Friday’s match earns her Centre Court time for Saturday against Alex Eala. Eala upset Iga Swiatek simply to get there.
Paolini described Eala a formidable player. Two more wins might put one of them into Wimbledon history books as the first last-four contender from their country.