British No 1 Johanna Konta reached the Wimbledon quarter-finals with an accomplished display against two-time champion Petra Kvitova.
The 28-year-old came from a set down to beat the Czech sixth seed 4-6 6-2 6-4.
Konta is one win away from emulating her 2017 feat of reaching the last four and two away from becoming the first British women's singles finalist since Virginia Wade won the title in 1977.
She will take on Czech world number 54 Barbora Strycova on Tuesday.
With defeats on Monday for world number one Ashleigh Barty, third seed Karolina Pliskova, and now Kvitova, it leaves seventh seed Simona Halep, eighth seed Elina Svitolina and 11th seed Serena Williams as the highest ranked players left in the women's draw.
"It was small margins in the end," said Konta, who is enjoying deep runs at back-to-back Grand Slams for the first time following last month's French Open semi-final.
"I'm tremendously grateful to be here and I'm just happy to still be in this event and to be competing against the best players in the world."
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