Wimbledon 2016: Domenika Cibulkova will get married on Saturday after defeat to Elena Visnena

DOMINIKA CIBULKOVA will get married after all as her relationship with this year’s Wimbledon ended in a painful divorce.

The Slovakian was ready to postpone her wedding - arranged for the same day as the women’s final - if she beat Elena Vesnina in her last-eight tie.

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But Cibulkova is now free to walk down the aisle on Saturday after she was walked all over by her Russian rival, going down 6-2 6-2 in just 77 minutes.

The No19 seed, 27, said: “I just lost in the quarter-finals so there are a lot of emotions going around.

“I will need a few hours to just think about everything.

“But then I will realise that I had a great grass-court season and I can finally start to think about the wedding.

“It can go ahead now and I am really looking forward to it. Everything is ready.

“There won’t be any mixed feelings. If I was still here, I would just think about tennis hundred percent.

“But I will get married now hundred percent, not thinking about tennis.”

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Cibulkova was broken twice in each set by Vesnina, 29, who is ranked 32 places below her.

And she admits she was still exhausted from Monday’s three-hour epic victory over third seed Agnieszka Radwanska.

Cibulkova added: “That match took it out of me, not only physically, but also emotionally.

“So I felt a little bit flat. That was the biggest issue.”

Unseeed Vesnina, who had never previously gone past the last 16 in a Grand Slam, will now play reigning champion Serena Williams in Thursday’s semi-final.

And she has no plans for the weekend, as she smiled: “I had my wedding last year, so I’m good!

“I told Dominika, ‘You must enjoy the day - I’m waiting to see a lot of pictures from you’."

Vesnina then added: “It’s a dream semi-final. Nothing can be better than playing against Serena in the semi-final on Centre Court. It’s special.

“It will be a big challenge for me, but I hope I can accept this challenge.”