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    Wimbledon 2024: Paolini outlasts Vekic in record-breaking semifinal
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    Wimbledon 2024: Paolini Outlasts Vekic In Record-breaking Semifinal

    By IANS News July 11, 2024 • 21:52 PM View: 489
    Jasmine Paolini: Italy's Jasmine Paolini battled from a set down and twice a break down in the decider to outlast Donna Vekic in three sets in the longest semifinal-ever in women's singles at Wimbledon here on Thursday. Paolini, the No.7 seed, defeated Vekic 2-6, 6-4, 7-6(8) in 2 hours and 51 minutes to become the first Italian woman to reach the final at Wimbledon in the Open Era.

    The previous longest Wimbledon semifinal had been Serena Williams's 6-7(4), 7-5, 8-6 defeat of Elena Dementieva in 2009, a contest which lasted 2 hours and 49 minutes.

    Around 15 years on, Paolini held her first match point at 5-4 in the third set and her second at 6-5 before edging Vekic on her third in a gripping super-tiebreak. The result was her third win in four meetings with Vekic.

    TAGS Jasmine Paolini Donna Vekic WTA Tour Open Era Serena Williams Elena Dementieva Roland Garros Iga Swiatek French Open Steffi Graf Venus Williams Justine Henin Daria Kasatkina
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