Ons Jaber (No. 6-Tunisia) and Marketa Bondroushova (No. 42-Czech Republic) will meet in the women’s singles final of the Wimbledon Tennis Championships (£44.7 million-$74.3 million prize fund).
Javier came from behind to win 2-1 (6-7, <5-7>, 6-4, 6-3) after two hours and 19 minutes against Arina Sabalenka (#3-Belarus) in the women’s singles semifinals on the 11th day of the tournament at the All England Club in London, England on Wednesday (July 13) to reach the final for the second consecutive year.
She will play for the title on Friday against Bondrowsova, who overcame a 2-0 (6-3, 6-3) ‘mommy surge’ from Elina Svitolina (76-Ukraine) in her earlier match.
It’s a final that will make “history” no matter who wins.
Jaber became the first Arab player, male or female, to reach a major singles final at Wimbledon last year, finishing runner-up.
She followed that up with a runner-up finish at the US Open and will be looking to become the first Arab player to win a major title at Wimbledon.
With one more win, she will have taken a ‘first step’ in the history of Arab tennis beyond Tunisia.
Bondrowshova will also make history.
Ranked 42nd in the world, she will become the lowest-ranked player to win Wimbledon since the Women’s Tennis Association’s (WTA) ranking system was introduced.
She is the second-lowest-ranked player ever to reach the Wimbledon final. The lowest-ranked finalist was Serena Williams (retired-USA) at the 2018 event. She was ranked 181st at the time, and ended up finishing as the runner-up.
Wimbledon seeds the top 32 singles players, and if Bondrowsova wins, it will be the first time an unseeded player has reached the top of Wimbledon since 1968, when professional players were allowed to compete at the major. It would also be the first time she has ever reached the final.
Bondrowsova will also improve her career grass-court win total to just under 5 percent.
Vondrowsova, who was notoriously weak on grass last season, has been a much different player on the surface this year, winning eight matches so far this year, but is still only 10-11 in her career on grass.
The head-to-head record between the two players is even at 3-3.
However, Vondrowsova has won two straight against Jaber. 먹튀검증 She won 2-1 in the second round of the Australian Open, the first major of the year, and 2-0 in the third round of the WTA 1000 Indian Wells round of 32.
On that occasion, Jaber was forced to drop the first set to the ‘power tennis’ Sabalenka.
However, her tenacious defense and variety of shots rattled Sabalenka and she took control midway through the second set.
Sabalenka led 10-3 in service aces and winners, 39-28, but Jaber had a huge advantage in unforced errors, 14-45.