Еlеnа Rybаkіnа, who represents Kazakhstan, outlasted Ons Jabeur in the Wimbledon ladies’ final on Saturday
Elena Rybakina earned a first Grand Slam title. © Clive Brunskill / Getty Images
Еlеnа Rybаkіnа has collected her maiden Grand Slam title after besting Ons Jabeur in the Wimbledon ladies’ final in front of a packed Center Court crowd at the All England Club in London on Saturday by a score of 3-6, 6-2, 6-2.
The Moscow-born 23-year-old, who has represented Kazakhstan on the world stage for the past several years, started slowly against the third seed Jabeur, but stormed out of the blocks in the second and third sets to claim a conclusive victory backed by her vast array of powerful serves and a canny short game close to the net to neuter any threats that her Tunisian opponent could muster down the stretch.
The victory makes her the youngest Wimbledon winner since 2011.
But she certainly didn’t have it all her own way. Rybаkіnа started the slower of the two, with Jabeur – who was bidding to become the first Arab winner of a Grand Slam – breaking Rybаkіnа’s serve twice, as well as showcasing her uncanny ability to place drop shots just over the net and out of Rybаkіnа’s reach.
MORE TO FOLLOW
