"Wimbledon": Jaber made history and will play against Rybakina in the final

Ons Jaber (Tunisia) is the first tennis player from Africa in a Grand Slam final/Photo: EPA-EFE/NEIL HALL

Ons Jaber (Tunisia) and Elena Rybakina (Kazakhstan) made it to the women's final of the Grand Slam tournamentWimbledon", who were better than Tatiana Maria (Germany) and Simona Halep (Romania) in the semi-final duels of the third Grand Slam of the season.

In the fight for the final against the tennis player from Germany, Jaber entered the match brilliantly, first he missed three opportunities for a break, then in the third game he turned the second opportunity into 2:1, and in the seventh game he reached the second break, so with 6:2 take a step towards the finals.

In the second set, the second world tennis player did not shine, Maria managed to defend two break chances in the third game before taking away her rival's serve in the fourth and leveling the score at 6:3 for 1: 1.

But that fall was only a weak moment, because in the third set the dominance of the Tunisian followed again, five tied games with two breaks and easy 5:0, after which he only had to confirm his placement in the final.

Thus she became the first African woman to reach the final of a Grand Slam tournament. For the trophy, she will compete with Elena Rybakina, who was convincing against Simona Halep.

First, in the first set, after one break, he led 2:0 and kept that advantage until the end 6:3. In the second, he lost his break advantage in the fourth game, but took the lead again in the next, and then came back with another break in the ninth game to take a place in the title fight.

The final between Zhaber and Rybakina is scheduled for Saturday starting at 15.00:XNUMX p.m.

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