Post a Free Blog

Submit A Press Release

Friday, March 29, 2024
Generic selectors
Exact matches only
Search in title
Search in content
Post Type Selectors
Filter by Categories
Action
Animation
ATP Tour (ATP)
Auto Racing
Baseball
Basketball
Boxing
Breaking News
Business
Business
Business Newsletter
Call of Duty (CALLOFDUTY)
Canadian Football League (CFL)
Car
Celebrity
Champions Tour (CHAMP)
Comedy
CONCACAF
Counter Strike Global Offensive (CSGO)
Crime
Defense of the Ancients (DOTA)
Documentary and Foreign
Drama
eSports
European Tour (EPGA)
Fashion
FIFA
FIFA Women’s World Cup (WWC)
FIFA World Cup (FIFA)
Fighting
Football
Formula 1 (F1)
Fortnite
Golf
Health
Hockey
Horror
IndyCar Series (INDY)
International Friendly (FRIENDLY)
Kids & Family
League of Legends (LOL)
LPGA
Madden
Major League Baseball (MLB)
Mixed Martial Arts (MMA)
MLS
Movie and Music
Movie Trailers
Mystery
NASCAR Cup Series (NAS)
National Basketball Association (NBA)
National Football League (NFL)
National Hockey League (NHL)
National Women's Soccer (NWSL)
NBA Development League (NBAGL)
NBA2K
NCAA Baseball (NCAABBL)
NCAA Basketball (NCAAB)
NCAA Football (NCAAF)
NCAA Hockey (NCAAH)
Olympic Mens (OLYHKYM)
Other
Other Sports
Overwatch
PGA
Politics
Premier League (PREM)
Romance
Sci-Fi
Science
Soccer
Sports
Sports
Technology
Tennis
Truck Series (TRUCK)
Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC)
Uncategorized
US
Valorant
Women’s National Basketball Association (WNBA)
Women’s NCAA Basketball (WNCAAB)
World
World Cup Qualifier (WORLDCUP)
WTA Tour (WTA)
Xfinity (XFT)
XFL
-- Advertisement --spot_img
HomeSportsWTA Simona Halep, Elena Rybakina advance to semis at Wimbledon

WTA Simona Halep, Elena Rybakina advance to semis at Wimbledon


Simona Halep extended her sizzling run at Wimbledon, advancing to the semifinals courtesy of a 6-2, 6-4 victory on Wednesday over 20th-seeded Amanda Anisimova in London.

The 16th-seeded Romanian has won 12 straight matches and 21 consecutive sets at Wimbledon dating back to her journey to the 2019 championship. The event wasn’t held in 2020 due to COVID-19 and she missed the tournament last year because of a calf injury.

Halep won her final five points to win Wednesday’s match in 63 minutes. She punched her ticket to the semifinal round at Wimbledon for the third time in her career.

“Definitely, I’ve played the best tennis (since 2019),” Halep said in her on-court interview. “I struggled a lot last year and now I’m just trying to build my confidence back.

“(My) tennis is here, so I just have to believe. I’ve started to do that and it feels good.”

Halep, 30, is expected to face a stern test in 17th-seeded Elena Rybakina in Thursday’s semifinal match. She advanced to her first major semifinal — and became the first native of Kazakhstan to do so — after rallying to a 4-6, 6-2, 6-3 win over Ajla Tomljanovic of Australia. The Moscow-born Rybakina changed her nationality in 2018.

“It’s great to be back in the semifinals,” Halep said. “I’m very emotional right now because it means a lot to be back in the semis. I played a tough opponent today, she could crush the ball in the end.

“I didn’t know actually what to do, but I just believed in myself, I said I have to stay there strong on my legs — they helped me today — and I believed till the end that I can win.”

Rybakina, 23, recorded 15 aces and had 34 winners against 28 unforced errors to finish her match in 1 hour, 51 minutes.

“It is amazing. I am really happy to be into the semifinal. It was a really tough match,” Rybakina said. “I started a bit slow, I didn’t serve that well. … Maybe I was nervous. She played really well and was defending really good but I just tried to focus on my serve and try to find my way and in the end I found it.”

Tomljanovic, 29, was attempting to reach her first major semifinal.

It started off well for the 44th-ranked Tomljanovic, who conceded just five points on serve through the opening set.

Rybakina, however, turned the tables in the second set, turning a 2-2 game into a 3-0 advantage in the third. She pushed her to 5-2 before recording two service winners and two aces to end the match.

–Field Level Media

Subscribe to get Latest News Updates

Latest News Articles

You may like more
more

NHL News: Hurricanes tie it late, but Caps win 7-6 in shootout

Dylan Strome provided the deciding goal in the fifth...

NHL News: Caps F Tom Wilson suspended 6 games for high-sticking

Washington Capitals forward Tom Wilson was suspended for the...

NHL News: Panthers, Rangers match up in chase for top spot in East

Nearly three weeks ago, the Florida Panthers were in...