Top seed Barty knocked out by Riske

Australia’s world number one Ashleigh Barty has been knocked out of Wimbledon, losing her fourth round match against American Alison Riske.

World number 55 Riske fought back from a set down to win 3-6 6-2 3-6 in one hour 36 minutes on court two to reach a first Grand Slam quarter-final.

French Open champion Barty had not dropped a set at the tournament.

Riske will face the winner of seven-time champion Serena Williams’ match with Spain’s Carla Suarez Navarro.

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