Sawt Falasteen - Gauff downs Bencic to book maiden Wimbledon quarter-final

NYSE - LSE

CMSD	-0.14%	22.15	$
NGG	3.22%	82.85	$
BCC	0.59%	75.93	$
CMSC	0.18%	21.99	$
BTI	1.96%	61.77	$
GSK	4.4%	53.66	$
AZN	5.79%	195.15	$
RIO	1.13%	94.42	$
BCE	1.87%	21.42	$
BP	3.34%	37.4	$
JRI	0.46%	13	$
RBGPF	3.73%	68.15	$
RYCEF	2.74%	19.68	$
RELX	1.72%	31.93	$
VOD	1.06%	13.15	$

Gauff downs Bencic to book maiden Wimbledon quarter-final / Photo: Henry Nicholls - AFP

Gauff downs Bencic to book maiden Wimbledon quarter-final

SPORTS 05.07.2026

Coco Gauff clinched a dramatic late-night victory over Belinda Bencic on Sunday to reach the Wimbledon quarter-finals for the first time in her career.

Text size:

The two-time Grand Slam champion, who reached the fourth round as a 15-year-old in 2019, finally made the last eight in her seventh appearance at the All England Club with a 4-6, 6-3, 6-4 victory.

Gauff will face fourth seed Jessica Pegula in an all-American quarter-final on Tuesday.

"Super happy to be in the quarters finally, I was looking at the clock the last service game," said the seventh seed after a match which finished at 10:58 pm local time, just before the 11:00 pm curfew.

"That match point I was going for a serve and volley... I think that's the first time I've had to race against time.

"In tennis, we're not used to it and I'm glad I didn't choose basketball."

D.Qudsi--SF-PST

Sawt Falasteen - Gauff downs Bencic to book maiden Wimbledon quarter-final

Gauff downs Bencic to book maiden Wimbledon quarter-final

Featured

Red-card U-turn rocks World Cup as Norway stun Brazil

Gotterup wins PGA John Deere after Kohles splashdown

FIFA clear US star Balogun to play in World Cup after Trump call

Haaland knocks Brazil out of World Cup as Norway reach quarters