No. 1 Iga Swiatek survives to reach her first Wimbledon quarterfinal
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World No. 1 Iga Swiatek's path to the Wimbledon quarterfinals got a lot tougher on Sunday, but the top seed accomplished the career first by surviving two match points to defeat Belinda Bencic.
Swiatek of Poland lost the first set to the No. 14 Bencic of Switzerland before emerging with a 6-7 (4), 7-6 (2), 6-3 victory.
A four-time Grand Slam champion, Swiatek had lost just