Tennis-Wimbledon day eight

July 8, 2019; London, United Kingdom; Simona Halep (ROU) in action during her match against Cori Gaulf (USA) on day seven at the All England Lawn and Croquet Club. Mandatory Credit: Susan Mullane-USA TODAY Sports

(Reuters) - Highlights of Tuesday's eighth day at Wimbledon, the third Grand Slam tournament of the year (times GMT):

1930 'MURRENA' MARCHES ON IN MIXED DOUBLES

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The newly-formed mixed doubles partnership of Andy Murray and Serena Williams - dubbed 'Murrena' - reached the third round by beating Fabrice Martin and Raquel Atawo 7-5 6-3.

1630 STRYCOVA ENDS HOME FAVOURITE KONTA'S RUN

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Czech Barbora Strycova produced a clinical display, studded with 22 winners, to beat home hope Johanna Konta 7-6(5) 6-1.

The unseeded Strycova will meet Serena Williams in her first Grand Slam semi-final on Thursday.

"It sounds crazy. It's happening but I can't believe it. My voice is shaking," Strycova said. "I think this is one of the best matches I played here."

July 8, 2019; London, United Kingdom; Alison Riske (USA) in action during her match against Ashleigh Barty (AUS) on day seven at the All England Lawn and Croquet Club. Mandatory Credit: Susan Mullane-USA TODAY Sports

1555 SVITOLINA STORMS INTO SEMIS

Eighth seed Elina Svitolina became the first Ukrainian woman to reach a Grand Slam singles semi-final, beating unseeded Czech Karolina Muchova 7-5 6-4 on No. 1 Court.

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She will meet Romanian seventh seed Simona Halep on grass for the first time on Thursday for a place in the final. Svitolina has won four of their previous seven meetings.

1415 SERENA BATTLES PAST RISKE

Tennis - Wimbledon - All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club, London, Britain - July 8, 2019 Czech Republic's Barbora Strycova in action during her fourth round match against Belgium's Elise Mertens REUTERS/Andrew Couldridge

Serena Williams, chasing her eighth Wimbledon crown, grabbed a decisive break in the eighth game of the final set to beat Alison Riske 6-4 4-6 6-3.

Williams moved into her 12th Wimbledon semi-finals and will meet either Johanna Konta or Barbora Strycova.

1335 HALEP OVERPOWERS ZHANG TO REACH SEMIS

Former world number one Simona Halep recovered from 4-1 down in the opening set to beat China's Zhang Shuai 7-6(4) 6-1.

(Reporting by Hardik Vyas in Bengaluru; editing by Clare Lovell)