Elena Ribakina became the first tennis player from Kazakhstan to win a Grand Slam singles championship by defeating Ons Jaber 3-6, 6-2, 6-2 in the Wimbledon final here on Saturday. Moscow-born Ribakina has been representing Kazakhstan since 2018 after the country offered her financial support for her tennis career.
This was also discussed during Wimbledon as the All England Club banned players from Russia and Belarus from entering the tournament due to the attack on Ukraine. It was the first women’s title match at the All England club since 1962 in which both players had reached a major final on their debuts. Ribakina’s ranking is 23.
Since the introduction of WTA computer rankings in 1975, there has been only one female player to have won the Wimbledon title ranked lower than Ribakina, and Venus Williams, who won the title here in 2007 and was then ranked 31. However, Venus had previously been number one and won three of the five trophies of her career at the All England Club.
Ribakina made good use of her serve and powerful forehand to get past Jaber’s ‘spin’ and ‘slice’ on center court. Ribakina thus broke Jaber’s winning streak of 12 consecutive matches. Jaber’s rhythm was playing on the grasscourt.
De Groot wins seventh consecutive wheelchair singles title – Died de Groot of Netherlands won her seventh consecutive major singles title by defeating Yui Kamijee of Japan 6-4, 6-2 in the final of the wheelchair women’s event of Wimbledon Tennis Grand Slam here on Saturday. did. This is his fourth trophy at Wimbledon. This is her 15th overall singles title, making her second only to compatriot Esther Vergier (21 trophies) in terms of trophies. De Groot said, “I’m getting pretty close. I know. But his (Vergier) achievement is spectacular. ,