Golubic shouldn’t be there anymore..

Ann Li, right-handed, 29 years old, WTA No. 29, 5th seed, reaches the quarterfinals with a solid, clean run: a win over Birrell 4-6 7-6 6-4, then a commanding performance against Preston 5-7 6-2 6-2 after a tough first set. She has the sharpest serve of this quarterfinal lineup with 4.8 aces per match over the last 52 weeks, she wins 73.0% of points behind her first serve on grass in 2026, and she has won 100% of her tiebreaks on this surface this year. The grass-court head-to-head is in her favor: a win at Wimbledon 2025 against Golubic 6-3 4-6 6-1 on this same English grass. She comes in fresh, with two matches in her legs against manageable opponents.

Viktorija Golubic, right-handed, 33 years old, WTA No. 82, qualifier, is the romantic revelation of this tournament with five wins on grass in 2026, including a full run from the qualifying rounds. But yesterday against Sönmez she played an almost three-hour match with 43 break points created between the two players, pulling out a third set 7-5 4-6 6-4 while converting only 33% of her break points. She comes in exhausted, with the worst possible tiebreak record on grass in 2026: zero wins. Up against a Li who wins all of hers and has the serve to force those situations, the match dynamics are unfavorable to the Swiss player.