Tennis Paolini vs. Krejcikova: Wimbledon Knows the Finalists of the Women’s Draw

The third Grand Slam of the season has some key days, so much so that you already know the players who will play in the grand final this Saturday. They are Jasmine Paolini (7th WTA) and Barbora Krejcikova (25th), who ensured their presence in the title match at the Cathedral this Thursday. The men, meanwhile, will play the semi-finals this Friday.

Early in the morning, Jasmine Paoilini celebrated on Centre Court. The new sensation of the women’s circuit has in just one month established her name among the best in the world and is only the fifth player in the last 25 years to reach the final of Roland Garros and Wimbledon in the same season.

Whatever happens this Saturday, she will emerge next week as the fifth best player on the planet. It will be her highest position in the history of the ranking, something she surprisingly only reached at the age of 28.

Her rival in this definition will be an experienced player, who already knows what it means to win big. She is Barbora Krejcikova, who this Thursday beat the big favorite (and Wimbledon champion in 2022) Yelena Rybakina (4th). The Czech won Roland Garros in 202, adding a Grand Slam singles title to a career that has filled her with doubles gold. In this modality, he has won the Australian Open, French Open and Wimbledon titles twice. Also in doubles, he has been crowned once at Wimbledon and at the Olympic Games.

While there are still four players alive on the men’s team, most eyes are on two. And it’s almost impossible for Carlos Alcaraz (2nd) and Novak Djokovic not to emerge as the favorites to play in the final on Sunday. Daniil Medvedev (5th) and Lorenzo Musetti (25th) will be looking to change that.

The Spaniard and defending champion will face the Russian, in a duel that has become one of the classics of recent years, measuring themselves on the most important stages on the planet. Without going any further, in 2023 they played the semi-finals of Wimbledon and the US Open, in addition to the final of the Masters 1000 in Indian Wells, which also animated this 2024. In all these duels, except in New York, the winner was Carlos Alcaraz , who leads the face-to-face 4-2.

The other Wimbledon semi-final will be between Djokovic and Musetti, a duel in which the Serbian, despite having undergone surgery for a torn meniscus in his right knee just a month ago, is the big favourite. If he succeeds, he will not only be one step away from equalling Roger Federer’s eight crowns in London, but it will also put an end to an unforgettable year, in which he has not won a title or played a final.

In the event that Nole and Alcaraz are finalists, last year’s final will be repeated, something that had not happened since 2015, when Djoko himself faced Roger for the second consecutive year in the definition of the title. In both cases, the winner was the Balkan, who then won his third trophy at the All England Tennis Lawn Club.