Elena Rybakina He defeated Tunisia’s Ons Jabur 3-6, 6-2, 6-2 to become the first player from Kazakhstan to win a Grand Slam singles title at Wimbledon on Saturday. Russian and Belarusian players were banned from the grasscourt major after Moscow’s invasion of Ukraine, Rybakina would have been excluded from this year’s Wimbledon if she had not switched allegiance to Russia four years ago.
Elena Rybakina rose to the occasion
In its centennial, Center Court crowned a new women’s singles champion#wimbledon , #centrecourt100 pic.twitter.com/Wabfr0GTdS— Wimbledon (@wimbledon) 9 July 2022
Rybakina, 23, who reached the Grand Slam final of the Open Era for the first time in this maiden Wimbledon title match, also became the youngest woman to win the title since 21-year-old Petra Kvitova won in 2011. This is the third. the title of his career. In between, she had lost four consecutive finals, including a bronze medal play-off at last year’s Tokyo Olympics.
Her rival Jabur also left the event, creating history, making her the first Tunisian and Arab woman to reach a Grand Slam final. Tunisia’s Ons Jaboor sealed her spot in the Wimbledon final after a win over Germany’s Tatjana Maria in the women’s semi-finals on Thursday. 3 seed Jabeur won the one-hour, forty-three minute-long match against Maria 6-2, 3-6, 6-1. Her rival Rybkina also reached the final after defeating Simona Halep of Romania in the semi-finals. Kazakhstan defeated Halep 6-3, 6-3 in a match that lasted 1 hour and 15 minutes.