not the only upset on day nine — unseeded marketa vondrousova came from behind to put jessica pegulaut of the tournament. and, he gave everyone a scare, but defending champion djokovic is through to the semi—finals after losing a first set against andrey rublev. welcome to the programme. we start with an astonishing day at wimbledon with some serious upsets in the women's draw. just nine months after having a baby, wild card elina svitolina knocked out the top seed iga swiatek to reach the semi—finals. ukrainian svitolina, only returned to the tour in april after having her daughter in october. but her opponent in the next round also raised some eyebrows. the unseeded marketa vondrousova, came from behind to beat american fourth seed jessica pegula. jess softly was watching. elina svitolina has lit up these championships. she's spoken about the added motivation she has both from the war back in her homeland and from becoming a mum recently. injust her second grand slam since returning from maternity leave. she's backed up her quarterfinal at the french open by reaching the semi—final

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the unseeded marketa vondrousova came from behind to beat jessica pegula.na svitolina has lit up these championships, she spoke about the added motivation she has both from the war back in her homeland and from becoming a mum recently. injust a second grand slam since returning from maternity leave she has backed up her quarter—final at the french open by reaching the semifinals here after knocking out the world number one iga swiatek. fourtime grand slam champion still hasn't quite cracked it on grass but take nothing away from elina svitolina whose variety took that match away from the top seed. next up for her is marketa vondrousova, the unseeded czech player who never made it past the second round here before she put out the women's fourth seed jessica pegula today in three sets — the american losing her sixth consecutive grand slam quarter—final, she is yet to make the final four. in the men's draw it is business as usual for novak djokovic, into yet another wimbledon semi—final as he chases a roger federer equalling eighth title here, russia's andrey

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top ranked american tennis star making a smash at wimbeldon. >> match, pegula. >> 29-year-old jessica pegulathe top ranked american woman in singles, how will you deal with the expectation and pressure that goes along with it? you do it so well. >> i feel relaxed. whether i move back to 10 or up to 2 or go back to 7, it kind of feels the same to me. i'm just good at focusing on every match and every tournament. just taking it one at a time. >> i love that. i remember we were on the court together way back when. >> i know. >> you were called a tennis prodigy. it did come through. jessica pegula. 8 years old. we are talking about her being such a phenom. people are saying she's like tiger woods at the age of 8. >> bring the heat! bring the heat, kid! come on! >> we were in charleston. we hit for a minute of air time or whatever. that was so cool. i was only about 7 or 8 years old. >> not bad. she's got some game. she's got game. jessie, you're great. thank you very much. got a great future. >> i can't believe that. yeah. >> taken us all this time to get back together. what do you love about th

jessica pegula, contrast in style. she's the solid one, the dependable one.ose two and chris eubanks. you won three wimbeldon titles here at the all england club. what advice would you give the three americans that are still in it? >> i would say manage your emotions, manage yourself this next week. this is really when the tournament starts, that second week. the first week you were tested, you got your practice in. second week is when the matches start to get tougher. i would just say play your match and then go back to your house or whatever and just relax. save up the emotional energy. i think that's more important. you have to win seven matches to win wimbeldon. that's the thing. you have to always be on your a game for those seven matches. that's what the challenge is. because you cannot afford to have a bad day. >> not in this group. hard to imagine getting any more exciting or electric. it's been such fun being here. how has it been for you guys and your team? >> great. there's so many surprises at wimbeldon. just figured this out. you only -- we only

indeed both iga swiatek and jessica pegula are in the top four in the world. trying to reach the last 4 at the all england club. play is on pause in the centre court as the rain comes across, and on centre court, iga swiatek has lost up centre court, iga swiatek has lost up are to ukraine's illegal svitolina. herfirst forehand svitolina. her first forehand failing svitolina. herfirst forehand failing her when she came out at 5— fora producerfor the failing her when she came out at 5— fora producer for the set. failing her when she came out at 5— fora producerfor the set. —— for a producerfor the set. —— ukraine's alina svitolina. she won that first set 7—5. i can tell you that first set 7—5. i can tell you thatjessica pegula has lost her previous grand slam quarterfinals, and has never reached the last four of any major. she is 3—0 up against marketer country supper in their second set. she took the first one, in that second set, we have two men's quarterfinals to come, and don't forget novak djokovic, the defending champion playing for a birdie in a row. you

in dennis, -- after defeating jessica pegula of the u.s.he 24-year-old clawed her way back in the deciding set to win. she's still pursuing her first grand slam title and she will face ukrainian wildcard elina svitolina for a place in saturday's final. here's a reminder of the top story we are following. nato chief jens stoltenberg signaled support for ukrainian membership in the alliance, saying an invitation would be issued when conditions are met. he was responding to criticism from ukraine's president zelenskyy, who said earlier it was absurd his country had not been given a concrete timeline to join. stay with us. after a short break i will be back to take you through "the day." hope to see you there. ♪ [captioning performed by the national captioning institute, which is responsible for its caption content and accuracy. visit ncicap.org] >> welcome to "live from paris" here on france 24. these are the world news headlines. nato refuses to give her -- give ukraine a timeframe for admission. volodymyr zelenskyy calls it absurd. he told t

everyone else, fourth stage, playing for a place. jessica pegula is on the brink of the quarterfinal way on centre court for andrey rublev against alexander bublik. 0ne rublev against alexander bublik. one that rublev against alexander bublik. 0ne thatis rublev against alexander bublik. one that is one of the favourites here, playing belinda bencic. she says she is more confident than ever. last year, still doubt in her mind. we see have very much as a clay—court specialist but here on the grass, a formerjunior champion feels more former junior champion feels more confident. formerjunior champion feels more confident. she will be playing belinda bencic this time but he will expect iga swiatek to go deep in these championships. the expect iga swiatek to go deep in these championships.— expect iga swiatek to go deep in these championships. the other big sto in the these championships. the other big story in the day. — these championships. the other big story in the day, novak _ these championships. the other big story in the day, novak djokovic - story in the day, novak djokovic reache

in the women's draw, jessica pegula in herfirst ever wimbledon her first ever wimbledon quarterfinal.ga swiatek with belinda bencic later. ., ~ , ., iga swiatek with belinda bencic later. ., ~' , ., , iga swiatek with belinda bencic later. ., ~ i. , . for more on these and other sports stories, you can go to our website. including the latest on the british grand prix at silverstone — that got underway a short time ago. grand prix at silverstone — and that's all the sport for now. the us treasury secretary, janet yellen, is leaving china after a visit to try and strengthen economic ties, saying she believes the two countries can have a healthy relationship. while in china, ms yellen held ten hours of talks with senior chinese officials, saying the meetings had put relations between the two countries on a "surer footing" after a long period of tensions over trade and other issues. here's ms yellen speaking at a press conference earlier. the us and china have significant disagreements. those disagreements need to be communicated clearly and directly. but president biden and i do not see

and it is marketer wondrous over, the unseeded czech player who has made the last four beating jessica pegulaurth—seeded american in the last few moments. this is what transpired on court number one, withjessica pegula reaching the quarterfinals of wimbledon for the very first time, losing to wondrous over. this is the other match taking place, with a iga swiatek in trouble, the poland number one seed playing against elina svitolina, a former semifinalist at this competition, one that iga swiatek is not reach the quarterfinals of the poor, they are on serve though at the second set, having won the first set svitolina by seven games. they are on serve, five games all. the european court of human rights has ruled in favour of double 800 metre olympic champion caster semenya in herfight against world athletics�* rules forcing her to lower her testosterone if she wants to race in her favourite event, saying that the south african had been a victim of discrimination. world athletics say their regulations will remain in place, and have asked the echr grand chamber for a definitive decision. alex ca

she had been close to going out, jessica pegula, she was the player to put out elina svitolina.ve seeded players in the end. the number 142 in the world who loss the french open final in 2019 who has come out of nowhere to create a shock and an upset against 0ns jabeur who lost last year's final and faces heartbreak again. we've been hearing from both players. let's start with the champion on this incredible day for her. fitter this incredible day for her. after everything _ this incredible day for her. after everything i've _ this incredible day for her. after everything i've been _ this incredible day for her. in everything i've been through, i had a cast last year and this is amazing that i can stand here and hold this. tennis is crazy! i want to thank my box. all of you guys are amazing. my little sister, she is crying up there. ijust enjoyed the two weeks so much. it was exhausting but so grateful and proud of myself. i think this is the most painful loss of my— think this is the most painful loss of my career. it's going to be a tough — of my career. it's going to be a toug

woman still standing after jessica pegula's big upset on tuesday.a look. you made it to the big dance. we're in the quarter finals. so how do you approach this next round? >> honestly, it's just continuing to just focus on the single match in front of me. after every match someone tells me, your next opponent. oh, cool. i have in idea where i am here. it's really just singularly focusing on, okay. who's next? what's the game plan? >> reporter: 28-year-old american phenom madison keys has been waiting to return to the quarter finals since her first appearance here at wimbeldon nearly a decade ago. doing just that by winning her last match in three sets. that lefty forehand. that was pretty cool. >> it's one of my better defensive shots. >> looks like a trick shot. >> honestly, i kind of have it. in the moment, kind of getting behind me, i think, i'm better lefty. >> it's hard to imagine keys has had wimbeldon on her mind since age 4. you started playing tennis for the fashion. >> yes. >> that's fantastic. >> i did. because of venus' white dress that

fourth seeded jessica pegula notched a milestone win becoming the fifth american to reach the quarterfinalstek advanced with a three-set win over benita ben sich. and frances tiafoe was upset in a straight loss. and novak djokovic advanced a two-sets leave before play was called at 11:00 p.m. curfew. >>> turning to major league baseball, five runs were driven in in is a 6-2 victory. meanwhile the best two teams faced off in st. petersburg, the nl-leading braves hit a record. it wasn't enough to get by the a.l. best tampa bay rays which ended a season-high ten-game skid with a victory. they head into the top with standings for the first time in history. the regular season is now on pause for all-star season. some are expected to slug it out ahead of tomorrow night's mid summer classic. >>> now for the weather. let's go to michelle grossman for the forecast. >> hawaii, great to see you. we're looking at flash flooding particularly in the northeast. it was a rough night overnight with the heavy rain falling. this is what we're looking at this morning. where you see the bright colors, the reds,

american jessica pegula goes head to head with ukrainian lesia tsurenko.ttling it out with greece's stefanos tsitsipas. we can't wait to watch these matches, but in the meantime, we're going to go off and get some glorious strawberries and cream. wish you were here. >> whit: wish i was there too. just need a little pimm's to mix in there as well. lama hasan, thank you. we appreciate it. >>> robin and lara will be live from wimbledon all this week with everything happinon the court and checking in with the top american players. >>> coming up here next, our "play of the day." it's a great lot. and the previous owner was really into diy... okay... automatic shades. stair slide! at least we could bundle our home and car insurance with geico. true. - super slippery. whoo! is that a chinchilla? yes! wait till you see this. a murphy tub! finding a perfect home is hard. thankfully, geico makes it easy to bundle and save. whaaaat?? look at all that floor space! (keyboard typing) how do they make starburst taste so juicy? i don't know, but you just asked the whole u

are on coco gauff facing off against grand champion sofia kenin, and gauff's doubles partner jessica pegulawhat it is at wimbledon. you gotta do it. and who isn't cheering for tennis legend venus williams? yes, she's returning to the all england club to give it a go, fresh off her first top 50 win since 2019. so she does have some momentum going on, and also experience, guys. this is her 24th time playing on the grass courts. on the men's side, the last time an american won the men's title was pete sampras. a long, long time ago. 2000. so how do we look? usa's top male player, taylor fritz, takes the court today. we'll know in a bit, and hoping to bring some american glory playing his tournament on the fourth of july. that's tomorrow. the first round of wimbledon is underway and you can see it all on espn all morning long. robin and i will head there over the weekend for week two coverage. >> i wonder how you got that assignment! >> it's a great assignment. we'll be right back. [laughs] t. >> eva: great assignment. we will be right back. want luxury hair repair that doesn't cost $50? panten

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and jessica pegula became just the fifth american in 25 years to reach the quarter finals at all fourt wimbledon quarter final with a three set win over 14th seeded bencic. on the men's side, tiafa was upset in straight sets, and novak djokovic secured a two set lead before play was called about a half hour ahead of the 11:00 curfew. we'll have more ahead. also some live pictures from windsor castle where president biden is meeting with king charles iii. this is the first time the two have met since charles was crowned as king. we'll get a live report coming up from london. plus chris matthews joins the political discussion. also ahead, christopher nolan's new blockbuster oppenheimer opens in theaters next week. and this morning we will debut an exclusive behind the scenes look at the making of the film. we'll hear directly from the movie's stars including killian murphy, matt damon, emily blunt and robert downey jr. mily blunt and robert downey jr >>> welcome back to "morning joe." it is monday, july 10. ahead this hour, ukraine's president calls out donald trump. we'll show you what