Rybakina and Jabeur play in the Wimbledon final: follow it LIVE

The Kazakh nationalized Russian tennis player defeated the Tunisian in three sets 3-6, 6-2 and 6-2 and was crowned for the first time in a Grand Slam. Tomorrow Djokovic and Kyrgios will meet for the men’s team.

the Kazakh Elena Rybakinaborn in Russia but playing under the flag of Kazakhstan, won his first Grand Slam when he defeated Tunisian Ons Jabeur in the Wimbledon final 3-6, 6-2, 6-2.

Rybakina, who is ranked 23rd in the WTA world rankings, took an hour and 50 minutes to beat Jabeur (2) on the center court of the All England Club in London.

He was occupied by a tennis player born in Moscow 23 years ago first grand slam title in a career where he went through many ups and downs, in fact before his consecration to Wimbledon he only lifted the trophy twice on the circuit, in Bucharest 2019 and Hobart 2020.

Rybakina starred in two brilliant weeks in London where she defeated Coco Vandeweghe (United States) 7-6 (7-2) and 7-5 in a row; Bianca Andreescu (Canada) 6-4 and 7-6 (7-5); to Qinwen Zheng (China) by 7-6 (7-4) and 7-5 in the first three rounds.

He then defeated Petra Martic (Czech Republic) 7-5, 6-3 in the round of 16; in the quarterfinals against Ajla Tomljanovic (Australia) 4-6 6-2 and 6-3 and in the semifinals against Simona Halep (Romania) 6-3 and 6-3.

In the definition against Jabeur, who at 27 years old played in the first final of a Grand Slam, the Kazakh reversed a match that was not in his favor after giving up the first set, and took the victory with authority, driven by his achievements in particular in his right, and also in lowering the performance of his rival.

The incredible victory will not allow Rybakina to advance in the world rankings (by Jabeur because of his tremendous performance) because the current edition of Wimbledon has an unprecedented reality, due to the historic decision not to award points.

In this sense, the ATP and the WTA have decided that there are no points at Wimbledon due to the decision of the Grand Slam and other British tournaments to prevent Russian and Belarusian tennis players from participating in them, as a result of the invasion. in Ukraine ..

Source: Tycsports

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