Jasmine Paolini’s smile at the end of the match sums up her Wimbledon Championships: dazzling, sparkling, breathtaking, with a tennis of wonderful grace. In this grass-season she got her first victory on grass-courts at the WTA 500 in Eastbourne, 15 days ago. After two weeks, she is in the final at Wimbledon, after a simply crazy semi-final, won in three sets at the super tie-break against Donna Vekic. A balanced, suffocating, exciting match. The longest women’s semi-final at Wimbledon, one of the best ever, for quality, emotions.
At the on court interview, the Italian shared her feelings for this incredible milestone, underlining how (this phrase should be taught to children in tennis clubs, I think) there is no better place than Wimbledon Centre Court to fight every point.
“I will remember this match forever. There is no better place than Wimbledon, to fight every point and every ball. For a tennis player this is the best place to play a match like this. Thank you for cheering for me. It was really tough. Donna played incredibly. She hit winners everywhere. At the beginning I had difficulty. I told myself to fight every ball and try to improve a little bit on the court because I was serving…
