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Harriet Dart reached the 3rd circular of Wimbledon successful 2019, losing connected Centre Court to then-world fig 1 Ashleigh Barty| Dates: 26 June - 1 July. Venue: Devonshire Park, Eastbourne. |
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Britain's Harriet Dart recovered from a mediocre commencement and a mid-match dip to bushed China's Zhang Shuai and scope the past 16 of the Eastbourne International.
Dart, 26, trailed 3-0 but fought backmost to triumph 7-5 6-7 (5-7) 6-1 successful blustery conditions against an hostile 105 places supra her successful the satellite rankings.
She volition play either two-time Wimbledon champion Petra Kvitova oregon erstwhile French Open victor Jelena Ostapenko.
"That was a rollercoaster and I'm blessed to adjacent it out," said Dart.
"I was not conscionable playing my opponent, but playing myself astatine times. The conditions were truly tough, the upwind was going everyplace and it took a portion to accommodate to it."
Dart, 142nd successful the world, reached the quarter-finals of the Nottingham Open and Birmingham Classic earlier this period to get a wildcard for Wimbledon and besides for this week's Eastbourne event.
Zhang, ranked 37th, moved into a 3-0 lead, but Dart won 5 of the adjacent 7 games, including redeeming 3 interruption points successful the eighth game.
The decisive interruption for Dart came successful the 11th crippled earlier she served retired the opening set.
She was doubly serving for the 2nd acceptable but had her service breached astatine 5-4 and again astatine 6-5 earlier losing the tie-break.
Dart received a informing aft hitting her racquet connected the crushed astatine the extremity of that tie-break, but rapidly regained her composure arsenic she swept done the decisive set.
There are 3 Britons successful the women's singles, with Jodie Burrage playing American Lauren Davis portion British fig 1 Katie Boulter faces Croatian fortunate loser Petra Martic.
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