From Roland Garros to Wimbledon. In a month from the revelation of Paris to the confirmation of its position among the best in London. Finalist without a prize in the French capital, overwhelmed by the Polish Iga Swiatekwill try to get revenge on the grass of the All England Club, where on Saturday (3:00 pm) he will compete for the crown against a Grand Slam champion, either Kazakh Elena Rybakina or in Czech Barbora Krejcikova.
Jasmine Paolini28 years old and world No. 7, defeated the Croatianto Donna Vekic, 28 years old and No. 37, 2-6, 6-4 and 7-6 (10-8) in 2h.51′. A record time in the women’s semi-final of the tournament.
“These last two months have been crazy,” proclaimed the first Italian in the Wimbledon singles final, this season’s WTA 1000 champion in Dubai and her WTA 1000 doubles in Rome with Sara Errani. No one has been chained to the finals of Roland Garros and Wimbledon since then Serena Williams in 2016.
Paolini will try to match his compatriots Francesca Schiavone and Flavia Pennetta, the best at Roland Garros 2010 and US Open 2015. Matteo Berrettini left the 2021 men’s final empty-handed.
Paulini, measuring 1.63 meters, He is a fighter who never gives up, even on rough surfaces like grass at first, where he has made it to the Eastbourne semi-finals before going out and winning at Wimbledon.
He went up 2-6 and 1-3, and was unfazed as he escaped with two match points, 4-3 and 6-5 in the second set. He finished in a supertiebreak. His smile contrasted with the tears of Vekic on the track, who released all the pressure he felt by crying at several stages of the second round. He dominated a more aggressive tennis, more suitable for grass, but under tension he suffered greatly.
The butcher of Paula Badosa He is weaker in hand-to-hand combat with a giant Paolini, whose father is an Italian and a Polish mother of Ghanaian origin who also has roots in Denmark. A new world top-5.
Source: La Verdad
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