No. 4 seed Badosa beats 2-time Wimbledon champion Kvitova
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Fourth-seeded Paula Badosa of Spain advanced to the fourth round at Wimbledon by beating two-time champion Petra Kvitova 7-5, 7-6 (4).
Badosa will next face another Wimbledon champion — Simona Halep, who won at the All England Club in 2019.
Kvitova hasn't been beyond the third round at a Grand Slam tournament since making the fourth round at the 2020 Australian Open.
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