With a potential Top 10 debut in her sights, surging Amanda Anisimova battled her way back into the Wimbledon quarterfinals.

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In a gripping fourth-round clash under the roof of No. 1 Court on Sunday evening, No. 13 seed Anisimova of the United States fought past No. 30 seed Linda Noskova of the Czech Republic 6-2, 5-7, 6-4.

Anisimova needed 2 hours and 2 minutes to prevail. The American charged back from a break down at 3-1 in the third set to outlast Noskova in a power-hitting showdown.

The 23-year-old Anisimova is into her third career Grand Slam quarterfinal, and her second at Wimbledon. She is one win away from matching her career-best Grand Slam result, when she made the 2019 Roland Garros semifinals as a 17-year-old before losing to eventual champion Ashleigh Barty.

Breakthrough year: Anisimova made the Wimbledon quarterfinals in 2022 but had not played the main draw in London since then. She missed the 2023 event during a hiatus from tour, then fell in the final round of qualifying last year.

But right after that Wimbledon qualifying loss last year, Anisimova quickly began checking off new milestones, and her last 12 months have been the best of her professional career.

Anisimova made her first WTA 1000 final at Toronto last August, and she bettered that earlier this year by winning her first WTA 1000 title at Doha in February. The Doha title pushed her into the Top 20 for the first time in her career.

Anisimova is contesting Wimbledon at her career-high PIF WTA Ranking of World No. 12, and she could possibly crack the Top 10 after the event, depending upon the remaining tournament results. Either way, it is a huge rise from her position of No.189 just 12 months ago.

Growing on grass: Anisimova notched her 10th grass-court match-win of the year by beating Noskova. The American has not lost before the quarterfinals on the surface this season, making the Queen’s Club final and reaching the Berlin quarterfinals.

But Anisimova needed all of her grit to hold off 20-year-old Noskova. Anisimova completely dominated the first set, but Noskova took the early lead in the second set, breaking for 2-1 after coming out on top in a forehand-to-forehand rally.

Noskova failed to convert a set point at 5-4 and was broken, but the big-hitting Czech struck right back with a love break for 6-5. Serving for the set again, Noskova slammed an ace to convert her second set point.

Another love break caused Anisimova to fall behind 3-1 in the decider, as upset artist Noskova neared her 15th career Top 20 win. However, three forehand errors by Noskova at 3-2 gave Anisimova a lifeline, and the American took advantage, reaching 3-3 with a passing winner.

Anisimova found some key aces to stay in front through 5-4, where she reached double match point on Noskova’s serve. The American’s backhand was her more reliable wing on the day, and she used that shot to close out a tough victory.

More to come…