7th Paolini-32nd Krejcikova Record 2nd Place in Major Tournament for the First Time in 47 Years ‘Within 17 Days’ at Wimbledon
Italy’s Jasmine Paolini smiles after winning the women’s singles semifinals at the Wimbledon tennis tournament on the 12th. Paolini, who reached her first major final and finished runner-up at the French Open this year, has reached the final of a major tournament for the second time in a row.
Jasmine Paolini (Italy, world ranking 7th) and Barbora Krejickova (Czech Republic, 32nd), who were born 17 days apart, will face off in the Wimbledon women’s singles final.
Paolini, who was born on January 4, 1996, won 2-1 (2-6, 6-5, 7-6) against Donna Vekic (28, Croatia, 37th) in the women’s singles semifinals that ended on the 12th to advance to the finals. The match took 2 hours and 51 minutes to finish, the longest in the history of Wimbledon women’s singles semifinals. Then, Kreichkova, born on December 18, 1995, won 2-1 (3-6, 6-3, 6-4) against 2022 champion Yelena Rybakina (25, Kazakhstan, ranked 4th), completing the final matchup to be held on the 14th. Both players have advanced to the Wimbledon women’s singles final for the first time. 안전놀이터
It is the first time since 1977 that two players with a 17-day age difference will face each other in the Wimbledon women’s singles final. At that time, Virginia Wade (UK) won the title by defeating Betty Stöve (Netherlands, both 79), who was born 16 days earlier. The 16-day age difference is also the record for women’s singles in the four major tournaments (Australian Open, French Open, Wimbledon, US Open) since professional players were allowed to participate in 1968. And this tournament is the second-best record not only in Wimbledon but also in the major tournaments overall.
In the Wimbledon men’s singles final, the record is that Pete Sampras (USA) defeated Goran Ivanisevic (Croatia, both 53), who was born 32 days later than him, in 1994. In the remaining major tournaments, Novak Djokovic (Serbia, 3rd) and Andy Murray (UK, both 37), who was born a week (7 days) earlier, faced each other in the finals a total of six times, recording 5 wins and 1 loss. 해외 카지노 사이트