Izuchukwu OkosiTunisia’s tennis sensation Ons Jabeur[ produced a superb comeback to beat Aryna Sabalenka on Thursday and set up a Wimbledon women’s singles final against unseeded Czech Marketa Vondrousova.
Jabeur, whose hopes were slipping away at a set and 4-2 behind, won 6-7 (5-7) 6-4 6-3 to reach a second successive final at the Championships.
Vondrousova became the first unseeded player to reach a Wimbledon women’s singles final in the Open era by ending Elina Svitolina’s inspired run, winning 6-3 6-3.
Meanwhile, Britain’s Neal Skupski and Dutch partner Wesley Koolhof reached the final of the Wimbledon men’s doubles for the first time, beating India’s Rohan Bopanna and Australian Matthew Ebden 7-5 6-4.
Great Britain’s Alfie Hewett and Gordon Reid are through the final of the men’s wheelchair doubles after beating Martin De La Puente and Gustavo Fernandez 7-5 6-3.
Lucy Shuker and Dutch partner Aniek van Koot were beaten in the semi-finals of the women’s wheelchair doubles.
Fellow Britons Andy Lapthorne and Greg Slade both lost their respective men’s wheelchair quad doubles semi-finals.
Earlier in the competition, big name casualties like Venus Williams (women) and Andy Murray (men) were eliminated following underwhelming performances against supposedly weaker oppositions.
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