Italian Paolini wins Wimbledon’s longest women’s semifinal, faces Krejcikova in final

Italian female tennis player plays a forehand return to a Croatian player during their semifinal match at the Wimbledon tennis championships in London, Thursday, July 11, 2024.

Jasmine Paolini kept coming back, kept coming back, kept coming back, against Donna Vekic in what would become the longest Wimbledon women’s semifinal on record — after dropping the opening set, after being two games from defeat in each of the last two sets, after twice trailing by a break in the third.

CBC | Sports News

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