LONDON _ Dominika Cibulkova will be wearing white Saturday, just not the way she hoped.
She's getting married, and that's not a bad thing, but she really wanted to keep playing at Wimbledon. The Slovakian was knocked out of the tournament Tuesday by Russia's Elena Vesnina, 6-2, 6-2.
Cilbulkova, 27, who a day earlier said it would be a "dream" to have to postpone her nuptials, was understandably subdued after failing to put up the fight she had hoped in the quarterfinal match. She said she felt emotionally "flat."
"It's just so much emotions," she said. "I think I need a few hours to absorb it."
Cibulkova, seeded 19th, has reached the quarterfinals five times at Grand Slam events, but obviously would have been shocked to make it to the Wimbledon final, which will take place Saturday. She said if she had been told before this tournament that she'd get to the quarterfinals, "I wouldn't take you seriously."
Still, once the disappointment wears off, she said she'll be perfectly happy to be walking down the aisle Saturday instead of walking onto Centre Court.
"What I do, I do 100 percent," she said. "So I'm going to get married 100 percent."
