women’s record Wimbledon A new name will emerge in the women’s tournament. Tunisian Ounce Jabeur (world number 2) and Moscow-born Kazakh Elena Rybakina (17) will also meet in the final this Saturday to win their first Grand Slam of their careers.

Jabeur declared favorite status She aims to beat veteran German tennis player Tatjana Maria 6-2, 3-6, 6-1 and become the first woman from an Arab country and African continent to win Wimbledon and the first Grand Slam. Maria, who is 103rd in the world ranking, 34 years old and returned to tennis after becoming a mother, woke up from her dream at Wimbledon. This time his friend Jabeur approved him, blocking the way to the final. irresistible rise This season he won titles in Madrid and Berlin, and was a finalist in Charleston and Rome.

He failed to establish favorite status over Romania’s Simona Halep, who won the 2019 London champion and was eliminated 6-3 by Rybakina at Roland Garros in 2018. Having survived Catalan Paula Badosa by force, Aleppo this time could not find a way to respond to the strong play of the Kazakh Muscovite tennis player. Avoided exclusion from Wimbledon Former compatriots and Belarusian tennis players for the occupation of Ukraine.

Rybakina ended Aleppo’s 12-game winning streak on the field. That’s a pretty big credit for a player who has only won one match in two Wimbledon warm-up tournaments.