Romania’s Simona Halep, the 2019 Wimbledon champion, has reached the semi-finals for the third time with her 12th consecutive win at Wimbledon. In the quarterfinals on Wednesday, 16th seed Simona defeated 20th seed Amanda Anisimova of America 6-2, 6-4 in straight sets.
At the same time, 17th seed Alina Ribakina of Kazakhstan defeated Ajla Tomjanovich of Australia 4-6, 6-2, 6-3 to make it to the last four of any Grand Slam for the first time. Halep and Alina will face each other in the semi-finals on Thursday.
Simona took one hour and three minutes to defeat Anisimova. Simona Halep missed last year’s Wimbledon due to injury and was unable to defend her title. Simona says that this time she has come after preparing hard.
In the men’s quarterfinals, Nick Kyrgios defeated Garrin to reach the last-four. Kyrgios defeated Garin 6-4, 6-3, 7-5. Apart from this, Novak Djokovic and Cameron Norrie have already reached the semi-finals. Kyrgios will face the winner of the ongoing match between T Fritz and Rafael Nadal.
Women’s semi-final lineup:
- Ons Jebuar vs Tatyana Maria
- Simona Halep vs Elena Ribakina
Men’s semifinal lineup:
- Novak Djokovic vs Norrie
- Kyrgios vs (Winner of the match between Nadal-Fritz)
Simona reached the last four without losing a set:
Title contender Simona has played five matches at Wimbledon this year so far. He has not lost a single set in all the five matches. Simona hit 3 s in the quarterfinals, while her opponent could not hit a single s. Simona could win 59 and American player 44 points. Simona broke Amanda’s serve four times throughout the match.
At the same time, Alina’s match in the first round was canceled. They won the second, third and fourth round matches without losing a set, despite all their matches proved to be tough. In the quarter file that lasted one hour and 51 minutes, Alina lost the first set 4-6, but she came back to win both the final sets.
Jebuar becomes the first Arab woman to reach the semi-finals of a Grand Slam:
A feat that no player from the Arab country could achieve in tennis was achieved by 27-year-old Ons Jebuar from Tunisia. Jebuar created history by reaching the semi-finals of Wimbledon. She has become the first player from any Arab country to reach the semi-finals of any Grand Slam. Ons reached the quarter-finals of Wimbledon last year. In the quarterfinals, Ons defeated Marie Bouzkova of Czech Republic 3-6, 6-1, 6-1 on Tuesday.
Arab players could not progress beyond the quarter finals:
Ons said, she had long been hopeful of reaching the semi-finals of the Grand Slam. He spoke to Hikam Arazi, a former Moroccan tennis player. He told Ons that tennis players from the Arab country have always lost in the quarter-finals of Grand Slams. Araji said ons that you break this barrier. Ons said that she tried and succeeded in it.
Will face Tatyana in the semi-finals:
In the semi-finals, Ons will face 34-year-old Tatyana Maria of Germany. Maria also took a break from tennis twice while becoming a mother. Maria has become the oldest female player to reach the semi-finals of Wimbledon for the first time. Maria defeated compatriot Julie Niemeyer, 22, 4-6, 6-2, 7-5 in the quarterfinals.
Jebuar happy with Tatyana’s victory:
Both Tatyana and Jebuar are also good friends. Jabuar said on Tatyana reaching the semi-finals that he was very happy with their victory. He has struggled a lot to reach here. It is not easy to come back after being a mother of two children. There is going to be a good fight between the two of us.
The sixth player to reach the semi-finals at the age of 34:
At the age of 34, Tatyana Maria has become the sixth player to reach the semi-finals of Wimbledon. Before her, Billie Jean King, Martina Navratilova, Chris Evert, Venus Williams and Serena Williams have achieved this feat and the five have jointly won 30 titles.
Maria said, it is wonderful for her to be included in the list of great players. She reached the third round of Wimbledon in 2015. He said that he could not believe it. Maria reached the semi-finals of Wimbledon in her tenth attempt.
Their first daughter was born in 2013 and the second in 2021. Maria said that she has reached the semi-finals, it is wonderful but she is a mother. After the tournament she will go back to take care of her children.
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