Jasmine Paolini makes history for Italy with dominant quarter-final victory

Jasmine Paolini celebrates beating Emma Navarro (John Walton/PA)

Jasmine Paolini kept the Italian flag flying at Wimbledon by thrashing Emma Navarro to reach the semi-finals.

Centre Court was still reeling from the defeat suffered by Italy’s poster boy and world number one Jannik Sinner, at the hands of Daniil Medvedev, when Paolini entered the fray.