Kostyuk moves into Wimbledon semis with dominant win over Paolini

[p]The 12th seed raced to a [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/game/tennis/kostyuk-m-8CZqQdSa/paolini-j-noaX0EJn/?mid=zBi80W36"]6-3, 6-2 victory[/a] after just 69 minutes on Centre Court and will face Czech ninth seed [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/noskova-linda/zHMiAkw6/"]Linda Noskova[/a] for a place in her first major final.[/p][p][b]"I was on this court as a spectator once nine years ago watching Roger (Federer) and to be back here as a player is amazing,"[/b] said the 24-year-old after her first appearance on the showpiece court at the All England Club.[/p][p][b]"I walked past the 'wall of honour', stood beside it and took a moment."[/b][/p][image alt="Match stats" id="4e90d448-cf85-4080-a72d-eac2605c650c" credit-line="Flashscore" guid="70845147-9a09-4b0a-93c6-086ff5e4ea86" original-width="2160" original-height="2700" /][p][a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/kostyuk-marta/8CZqQdSa/"]Kostyuk[/a] has only lost one of her last 22 matches - a semi-final defeat by eventual champion [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/andreeva-mirra/lI6fOOat/"]Mirra Andreeva[/a] at the French Open last month[/p][p][b]Former Wimbledon runner-up [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/paolini-jasmine/noaX0EJn/"]Paolini[/a] could not reproduce the form she showed in her last-16 win over [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/eala-alexandra/ppu9X7PH/"]Alexandra Eala[/a], losing in the last eight of a Slam for the first time.[/b][/p][p]The in-form Noskova was the highest seed left in the bottom half of the draw after shock early exits for [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/swiatek-iga/jNyZsXZe/"]Iga Swiatek[/a] and [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/rybakina-elena/UDzElXdm/"]Elena Rybakina[/a].[/p][p]Two-time Grand Slam champion [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/gauff-coco/f5BXmEH6/"]Coco Gauff[/a] or Czech 10th seed [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/muchova-karolina/Or4Qa1ye/"]Karolina Muchova[/a] will await the winner in Saturday's final.[/p]