Naomi Cavaday
Former British tennis player on BBC Two

That was a really tough service game! In fairness, they have all been tough today.

22 minutes on the clock and four games on the board. There have been so many deuces, the returners have been looking strong, they have both had break points but there has been no breakthrough yet.

Anne Keothavong
Former British number one on BBC Two

I'm excited to see Marta Kostyuk, who has progressed to the quarter-finals here at Wimbledon for the very first time, in action. She has been playing some outstanding tennis this year and she was a semi-finalist last month in Paris. She is an unbelievable athlete. I love the way she moves across all the surfaces.

She has been hitting the ball big off the returns, but I particularly love her movement across the grass. The transition that she has made from clay to grass has been outstanding.

Elise Mertens serving into the sun - a cap won't help much today.

It perhaps contributes to a double fault mid-game - Linda Noskova then produces a brilliant defensive reach to force break point but Mertens responds with an unreturnable serve.

Errors from both players follow during a lengthy deuce - Noskova missing a backhand with half the court gaping, Mertens wide with a routine volley at the net - but it's the Belgian who finds a couple of strong serves to hold in a testing game that took more than eight minutes.

These players won't want too many games of that duration in this heat.

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13th seed Jasmine Paolini had a less than ideal start to her Wimbledon campaign, losing the opening set against Robin Montgomery 6-0.

However, the Italian fought back to win in three and went on to complete straight-set wins over Viktorija Golubic and Maria Sakkari before ending 29th seed Alexandra Eala's historic run to the fourth round, winning 6-4 4-6 6-3.

Paolini, 30, is a two-time Grand Slam singles finalist, including finishing as runner-up to Barbora Krejcikova in 2024, and a Grand Slam doubles champion (2025 French Open) but hasn't beaten a top-20 player in 2026.

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Ukrainian Marta Kostyuk had never reached a Grand Slam singles semi-final at the start of this season, with a run to the quarter-finals at the 2024 Australian Open her best showing.

Now, she's one win away from back-to-back appearances in the last four having also reached that stage at the French Open.

The 24-year-old 12th seed has delivered a mixed bag at Wimbledon, with straight-set wins over Nadia Podoroska and Ashlyn Krueger bookending three-set battles with Anna Blinkova and 23rd Emma Navarro.

Kostyuk had never previously progressed beyond round three at Wimbledon and bowed out in the first round in 2025.

Anne Keothavong
Former British number one on BBC Two

Linda Noskova is only 21 years old but she has built solid foundations.

She is particularly great from the back of the court on the forehand and backhand wings. Her serve is accurate, it might not be the fastest out there on tour but she certainly hits it close to the lines. She is able to build points very well on her service games.

Both of these players look to dictate.

Emily Salley
BBC Sport at Wimbledon

That's more like it!

Linda Noskova gets the crowd engaged with a slick serve-volley combo before slamming down a forehand winner.

A winner down the line from Elise Mertens earns an even better reaction and there's an 'oooh' that rings out as the Belgian throws herself helplessly at a Noskova serve at the end of that game.

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A beautiful backhand down the line from Elise Mertens is the pick of the points in the third game - but it was the only points she won.

Strong serving from Linda Noskova shut down the rest of the game and offered few opportunities - capped with a cracker down the T to seal a 2-1 lead.

Daniella Britton has lost in a deciding set to Austria's Anna Pircher in the last 16 of the girls' singles.

Defeats for Britton and Rhys Lawlor today mean Oliver Page, who plays his third-round match in the boys' event later, is the sole British representative left in the junior singles competitions at this year's Wimbledon.

Arthur Fery will be on Centre Court later this afternoon but first up it's the women's singles quarter-final between Marta Kostyuk and Jasmine Paolini.

Italian Paolini leads the head-to-head 2-1, although the two players haven't met since 2023.

Naomi Cavaday
Former British tennis player on BBC Two

A bit steadier from Linda Noskova in this game. She is hitting well through the middle of the court, maybe just trying to keep control of the unforced errors and not taking on too much of a risk. She is still going with pace though, which is good to see.

Both players have had to work very hard on serve, but they have both come through to hold in the end.

More errors creep in from Elise Mertens - as a shot into the net and two efforts that go long - mean she is pegged back from 40-0 to deuce...

But Linda Noskova sends a backhand wide down the line when there seemed a lot of space to find a winner and force break point.

Mertens punishes that mistake to see out the hold with a backhand winner of her own coming into the net. Neither player has settled yet though.

Annabel Croft
Former British number one on BBC Radio 5 Live

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It's fantastic [to see players breaking through].

When you get someone like Linda Noskova, that not too many people know about who don't watch regularly, but those who watch closely will know she is a dangerous player.

She is very much under the radar, but certainly someone not to be underestimated.

Similar to Arthur Fery where they have their big breakouts on the biggest stages.

Emily Salley
BBC Sport at Wimbledon

Let's hope it was just the nerves talking in that first game.

There's a glimmer of quality as Linda Noskova skilfully brings down an overhead, but it was pretty poor other than that and the majority of points ended up in the net.

It's their first quarter-finals at Wimbledon so that's understandable, but the crowd have already started to groan.

Linda Noskova shows further signs of a few butterflies with a couple of errant ball tosses.

But Elise Mertens uncharacteristically nets a couple of second-serve returns to hand the Czech the hold. A hold she had to work hard for - until the end.

Elise Mertens, a bit of a return specialist, won the toss and opted to let her opponent serve.

Maybe part of that thought process was to expose any nerves in her 21-year-old opponent.

There are certainly a couple - as evidenced by a double fault and a couple of backhands into the net. Break point - but Mertens goes long with a backhand. Deuce in a lengthy opening game.

Emily Salley
BBC Sport at Wimbledon

Yet another beautiful day at SW19.

We're well and truly into the business end of the championships and things are heating up - with the tennis and the weather.

Elise Mertens and Linda Noskova have just made their way onto Court One to get today's quarter-finals up and running.

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Elise Mertens is a six-time Grand Slam doubles champion, most recently at this year's Australian Open and twice at Wimbledon, but has had to wait for nearly six years to return to a major quarter-final.

Her one and only Grand Slam singles semi-final? Way back at the 2018 Australian Open.

It's been a relatively serene passage through to the last eight for the Belgian, with straight-sets wins over Laura Siegemund (round one), second seed Elena Rybakina (round three) and Marie Bouzkova (round four).

The only hiccup came in the second round when she lost the opening set to Maria Timofeeva but she roared back to win the next two 6-3 6-0.

The 30-year-old has one singles title on grass, winning in 's-Hertogenbosch in 2025.

The players make their way out on to Court One to a warm welcome from the spectators who are going to be treated to two quarter-finals today.

No grand gestures from either player - with BBC commentator Naomi Cavaday suggesting there may be understandable underlying nerves given this is the first Wimbledon quarter-final for both.

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Linda Noskova is one of 10 Czech women ranked inside the top 100, sitting at number 12 in the standings.

The 21-year-old, a Grand Slam junior champion at the French Open, began her tournament with a straight-sets win over Ella Seidel before beating Camila Osorio and Sorana Cirstea in three to reach the second week of a major for just the third time.

In the fourth round, she beat 26th seed Madison Keys 6-4 7-6 (7-2) to reach only her second Grand Slam quarter-final. She's never made a Slam semi-final.

In the lead up to Wimbledon, Noskova won the singles and doubles at the Berlin Open - her first and second grass-court titles - but exited Bad Homburg in the round of 32.