This is the Saturday of the first Italian player in the Wimbledon final. Jasmine Paolini arrives with a record: the one against Donna Vekic, lasting 2 hours and 54 minutes, was the longest women’s semifinal ever in the English tournament. She is also accompanied by another sign: before her, to play the final of Roland Garros and Wimbledon in the same season was Serena Williams in 2016. And yet another path spent on the London grass, 3 defeats and zero victories, always eliminated in the first round, almost identical to that of last year’s winner, Marketa Vondrousova, who triumphed in 2023 after three consecutive eliminations in the first round from 2017 to 2019 and one elimination in the second round in 2021.
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For the fifth consecutive year, the Wimbledon women’s singles final features at least one player who has never reached this point in the tournament before. Jasmine Paolini’s opponent is Czech Barbora Krejčíková, winning in three sets over Kazakh Elena Rybakina, the tournament’s fourth seed, in the semifinals.
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For the bookmakers, the Italian is the underdog. Her success is at 2.27 on Goldbet, at 2.10 on Gazzabet, Snai and Sisal. Krejcikova is worth 1.75 on Snai, 1.72 on Sisal, 1.70 on Gazzabet and 1.67 on Goldbet. Between the two there is only one precedent in the qualifications of the Australian Open in 2018. The Czech won.
Path
Jasmine Paolini defeated Sara Sorribes Tormo (7-5, 6-3), Greet Minnen (7-65, 6-2) and Bianca Andreescu (7-64, 6-1) in two sets, before reaching the round of 16 with the withdrawal of American Madison Keys. In the quarterfinals she met Emma Navarro, beaten in 58 minutes, 6-2, 6-1. In the semifinals, she won in almost three hours over Croatian Donna Vekic: 2-6, 6-4, 7-68.
The 28 year old Tuscan has already put the WTA 1000 Dubai in singles and the Internazionali d’Italia in Rome in doubles. In singles she reached the final at Roland Garros.
Hours
The 2024 Wimbledon final between Jasmine Paolini and Barbora Krejčíková will be played on Centre Court at 3pm on Saturday 13 July.
Where to watch the match on TV and streaming
All Wimbledon tournament matches are broadcast live in Italy on Sky Sport channels, also available for streaming on Sky Go and NOW TV.
Source: Vanity Fair
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