Svitolina pondering missing Wimbledon with foot injury after Birmingham defeat

World No.5 Svitolina has been one of the form players of the season but has only ever won two matches at Wimbledon and does not want to jeopardise her chances of success on hard courts.

The Ukrainian said: "I'm disappointed I'm out of the tournament, but not disappointed about my performance because I couldn't really show even like 50 per cent of what I can do.

"I was really looking forward to this year at Wimbledon. But today the court was slippery and it's so bad for my foot.

"I will do my best. But for the moment it's very uncomfortable, and there is a question, I think, about it, because the season is still long and there is lots of big tournaments as well where I will feel more comfortable and confident on the hard court."

Svitolina started the Aegon Classic as the highest-ranked player following the withdrawal of world number one Angelique Kerber, but the second seed was out-hit by Italian qualifier Giorgi, who triumphed 6-4 4-6 6-2. Giorgi will play Australia's Ashleigh Barty in the quarter-finals.

Elsewhere, Garbine Muguruza dispatched USA's Alison Riske in satright sets 6-1 6-4 to progress to the quarters.

Fifth seed Kristina Mladenovic saw off competition from China's Zhang Shuai with a 6-4 7-6(3) victory.

USA's CoCo Vandeweghe caused an upset later on after she sent Great Britain's Johanna Konta crashing out of the competition with a solid 6-1 6-3 victory over the Brit.

CoCo Vandeweghe (US) beat Johanna Konta (GBR) [4] 6-1 6-3

Kristina Mladenovic (FRA) [5] beat Zhang Shuai (CHN) 6-4 7-6(3)

Garbine Muguruza Blanco (ESP) [6] beat Alison Riske (US) 6-1 6-4

Camila Giorgi (ITA) beat Elina Svitolina (UKR) [2] 6-4 4-6 6-2