Jasmine Paolini reaches her second consecutive Grand Slam final by beating Donna Vekic at Wimbledon
Paolini will face Elena Rybakina or Barbora Krejcikova for the championship title on Saturday
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London, July 11
Jasmine Paolini reached her second consecutive Grand Slam final with a 2-6, 6-4, 7-6 (10-8) victory over unseeded Donna Vekic at Wimbledon on Thursday in a rollicking match that lasted 2 hours, 51 minutes.
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Paolini kept coming back, coming back, coming back — after dropping the opening set, after being two games from defeat at 4-all in the second, after twice trailing by a break in the third at 3-1 and 4-3 at Centre Court.
But, the No. 7-seeded Paolini never went away, eventually converting her third match point. This showing on the grass courts of the All England Club follows her runner-up finish to Iga Swiatek on the red clay at Roland Garros last month.
The 28-year-old Italian is the first woman to get to the title matches at the French Open and Wimbledon in the same season since Serena Williams in 2015 and 2016.
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Paolini will face Elena Rybakina or Barbora Krejcikova for the championship on Saturday.
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