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Jasmine Paolini defeated Donna Vekic in the longest ever women’s semifinal at Wimbledon. The match lasted two hours and 51 minutes.
Jasmine Paolini has become the first Italian to reach the Wimbledon final. She defeated Donna Vekic 2-6, 6-4, 7-6 in the first semi-final of the women’s singles. The match lasted two hours and 51 minutes, which is also the longest women’s singles match at Wimbledon.
Now in the final, she will face Barbora Krejcikova of the Czech Republic, who has reached the final of this tournament for the first time. In this way, Wimbledon will also get a new champion in women’s singles. Krejcikova defeated 2022 champion Elena Rybakina in the second semi-final.
Jasmine equals Serena Williams
By reaching the Wimbledon finals, Jasmine has also equaled a record of Serena Williams. She has also become the second female player after Williams to reach the finals of French Open and Wimbledon in the same season. Serena had reached the finals of French Open and Wimbledon in 2015 and 2016.

Jasmine Paolini defeated Donna Vekic in the longest ever women’s semifinal at Wimbledon. The match lasted two hours and 51 minutes.
Paolini made a comeback after losing the first set
After losing the first set, Paolini won the match by winning the second and third sets. Paolini and Donna Vekic were tied in the first four games of the first set. Vekic won the first set by playing some good shots. After that Paolini made a comeback. After the second set was tied at 4-4, she won this set 6-4. In the third set, after falling behind by a break twice at the score of 3-1 and 4-3, Paolini made a continuous comeback and won this set 7-6.
Barbora Krejcikova in a Grand Slam final for the second time
Barbora Krejcikova has reached the final of a Grand Slam for the second time. She has entered the final of the tournament for the first time in her career by defeating Elena Rybakina 3-6, 6-3, 6-4 in the second semi-final of the Wimbledon Women’s Singles.
Earlier, she reached the final of the French Open in 2021 and won the title. After losing the first set 3-6, Barbora made a comeback and won the second and third sets 6-3 and 6-4.

Barbora Krejcikova defeated Elena Rybakina 3-6, 6-3, 6-4.
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