Jasmine Paolini delivered a clinical performance against Emma Navarro to reach her first Wimbledon semifinal and come a win away from making back-to-back Grand Slam finals, while Donna Vekic has been through to her maiden Major semis.
After No. 19 seed Navarro ousted second-seeded Coco Gauff a round earlier, some were giving the 23-year-old American an edge over sixth-seeded Jasmine Paolini simply because grass seemed a better fit for the American’s game. But today, 28-year-old Paolini proved those claims wrong, demolishing Navarro in two sets 6-2 6-1.
Meanwhile, unseeded Vekic ended Lulu Sun’s fairytale Wimbledon run after coming back from a set down to beat the qualifier world No. 123 5-7 6-4 6-1 and set up a semifinal versus Paolini.
Going into the match, Paolini – who recently finished as runner-up at the French Open – owns a 2-1 head-to-head versus Vekic but all of their previous three meetings came on hard courts.
How Paolini and Vekic won their respective Wimbledon quarterfinal matches?
Early in the match, it was actually Navarro who made a good start after breaking Paolini in the third game for a 2-1 lead. But from that moment, Paolini absolutely dominated the rest of the match – breaking Navarro…
