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Elena Rybakina underlined why she is the new title favourite with a dominant performance against Anna Kalinskaya under the roof on Centre Court, before her opponent retired injured.<\/p>\n
With 2022 champion Rybakina leading her fellow 25-year-old 6-3 3-0, Kalinskaya left the last-16 match in tears after she was unable to recover from a wrist injury.<\/p>\n
The Russian 17th seed had taken a medical timeout midway through the first set.<\/p>\n
Russian-born Kazakh player Rybakina is the highest seed left in the women’s draw and will face Svitolina next.<\/p>\n
Rybakina is the only former Wimbledon champion left in the women\u2019s draw, while her bid has been strengthened by Iga Swiatek and Coco Gauff featuring in a flurry of big names<\/a> knocked out over the weekend.<\/p>\n The fourth seed dropped serve in the first game of the match and trailed 3-1 in the opener, but she then won five consecutive games, with two breaks to love, to take the first set.<\/p>\n She broke at the first opportunity in the second, defended a break-back point, and broke again to set up a commanding lead.<\/p>\n At that point Kalinskaya, who had been visibly struggling since the middle of the first set, decided not to risk further injury and forfeited the match.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n