Rybakina stuns Svitolina, Giorgi and Sabalenka enter quarters in Eastbourne

Rybakina upset second seed Svitolina 6-4, 7-6 (7/3) to reach the quarters while Andreescu, seeded third, went down 6-3, 6-3 to Kontaveit. Meanwhile, Sabalenka was untroubled by any thoughts of an upset as she stormed past Riske 6-1, 6-4

LONDON

Elina Svitolina and Bianca Andreescu were dumped out of the Eastbourne grasscourt tournament on Wednesday while Gael Monfils crashed out of the men’s event.

Kazakhstan’s Elena Rybakina upset second seed Svitolina 6-4, 7-6 (7/3) to reach the quarter-finals while Andreescu, seeded third, went down 6-3, 6-3 to Anet Kontaveit of Estonia at the Wimbledon warm-up event.

Two more qualifiers also booked places in the last eight. Camila Giorgi, who had ousted defending champion Karolina Pliskova in the first round, backed up the upset by defeating lucky loser Shelby Rogers 6-3, 4-6, 6-2, and Viktorija Golubic pulled off a significant upset 6-4, 6-4 over No.6 seed Belinda Bencic.

Svitolina held game point to edge 5-4 ahead in the first set but Rybakina found three stunning forehand winners to snatch the crucial break and take the lead instead.