New Swiss tennis star grabs global attention

Tuesday, 6 July 2021 04:30

Now Switzerland is out of the football, Swiss sports fans are turning their attention to an up-and-coming new tennis star.

28-year-old Viktorija Golubic from Zurich is through to the quarter finals at Wimbledon after beating the 23rd seed Madison Keys from the United States.

It’s the furthest she’s advanced in a Grand Slam.

Later today, she’ll face a tough test against eighth seed Karolina Pliskova – who so far has won all her games in straight sets.

But Golubic has beaten Pliskova before – in the Fed cup in 2016.

They meet at 2 o’clock this afternoon.

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