Bencic shocks No. 7 Andreeva at Wimbledon

Belinda Bencic, playing successful her archetypal Wimbledon quarterfinal successful 9 appearances astatine the All England Club, upset Russian teen sensation Mirra Andreeva 7-6 (3), 7-6 (2) connected Wednesday to scope her 2nd Grand Slam semifinal and archetypal successful six years.

"I'm conscionable speechless, honestly," said Bencic, who was unseeded for the tournament. "So happy."

On Thursday she volition look No. 8 Iga Swiatek, a five-time Grand Slam champion who volition besides beryllium making her debut successful the past four astatine Wimbledon.

The No. 7-seeded Andreeva, who was bidding to go the archetypal 18-year-old successful the women's gully to scope the Wimbledon semifinals since Maria Sharapova successful 2005, hadn't dropped a acceptable successful 4 matches and had played 1 acceptable past 4-all.

Bencic, 28, was 1 of 9 mothers successful the Wimbledon singles draw, but is the lone 1 inactive successful contention. She missed past year's Wimbledon portion she was connected maternity leave, having fixed commencement to her archetypal kid -- a girl named Bella -- successful April 2024.

She returned to contention past October and started the twelvemonth ranked No. 489. With her show astatine Wimbledon, she volition scope the Top 20.

Bencic joins Martina Hingis arsenic the lone Swiss women to scope the Wimbledon semifinals successful the Open era.

ESPN Research contributed to this report.