(Provided by Tennis World USA)
Ons Jabeur returns to the Wimbledon final by defeating the WTA no.2 Aryna Sabalenka in the semifinals, with the result of 6-7, 6-4, 6-3.This result gives an extra satisfaction to the Tunisian tennis player: she is the second tennis player since Serena Williams to get two consecutive finals at the Championships.Serena did it last time in the two-year period 2018-2019.
On those occasions she was defeated by Angelique Kerber and Simona Halep respectively.Jabeur will face Marketa Vondrousova, the first unseeded Open Era tennis player to advance to the Wimbledon final.Returning to the match between Jabeur and Sabalenka, we start with an open challenge in all situations.
They struggle in all service games: Sabalenka relies on her service and her aggression, Jabuer on always varying the ball given to her opponent. The Tunisian enchants, she makes the Belarusian concrete in a match that is not so different from the one that the last edition’s finalist won in the quarterfinals against Elena Rybakina.Not surprisingly, even the plot of the first set says exactly.
We arrive at the tie-break, where the bad luck of a backhand just outside was fatal for the Tunisian….
