Elena Dementieva stumbles her way to victory after serving for the match at 6-1 and 5-1 up

2 Russian stars of tennis endured a mental tirade of emotions, in one of the womans 1/4s at Wimbledon.

Elena DEM’VA (Rus) 5 bt v Nadia PETROVA (Rus) 21

6-1 6-7 (6-8) 6-3

Similar to Andy Murrays eventual victory v Gasquet there was real psychological troubles in this match for both players. Dementieva like Gasquet, blew her fellow Russian away with stunning tennis and was odds on the progress into the semi final in straight sets.

However, clearly she thought she had made and could not serve the match out, at 5-1 up in the second set. It was only then, like Murray, Petrova started to play anything like the tennis she is capable of. She won next 6 games, then winning the tie breaker to make the match even at 1-1.

Her momentum was haulted in the deciding set by Dementieva, who finally overcome that barrier and won the set. The win now see’s her play the current champion, Serena Williams in the semi final.