Elena Rybakina wins Wimbledon women's singles title
Elena Rybakina wins Wimbledon women's singles title
Elena Rybakina
Elena Rybakina won the women's singles final Wimbledon, claiming her first grand slam title and the first for Kazakhstan.
Rybakina beat world No. 3 Ons Jabeur in three sets, coming from a set down to win 3-6 6-2 6-2.
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The 23-year-old, appearing in her first grand slam final, started slowly but gradually found her rhythm and powerful serve to overcome Jabeur.
Rybakina, who was born in Russia but has represented Kazakhstan since 2018, was the youngest women's finalist at Wimbledon since 2015 when Garbine Muguruza was 21.
Nearly two hours of big swinging and plenty of sprinting later, she had won the championship at the All England Club with a 3-6, 6-2, 6-2 victory over Ons Jabeur -- the first singles trophy at a major tournament for her adopted country of Kazakhstan.
Even then, Rybakina's reaction was muted as can be, a little sigh, a hint of a smile."Happy that it finished, to be honest," she said, "because really, I never felt something like this."
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She added later: "I don't know what should happen. When I was giving speech in the end I was thinking, 'I'm going to cry right now,' but somehow I hold it. Maybe later when I'm going to be alone in the room, I'm going to cry nonstop. I don't know."