Elena Rybakina beat Ons Jabeur 3-6, 6-2, 6-2 in the Wimbledon final on Saturday to become the first tennis player from Kazakhstan to win a Grand Slam singles championship.
Rybakina is a 23-year-old who was born in Moscow and has represented Kazakhstan since 2018, when that country offered her funding to support her tennis career. The switch has been a topic of conversation during Wimbledon, because the All England Club barred all players who represent Russia or Belarus from entering the tournament due to the war in Ukraine.
Rybakina used her big serve and powerful forehand to overcome Jabeur's mix of spins and slices at Centre Court. Rybakina ended the No. 2-ranked Jabeur's 12-match winning streak, which came entirely on grass courts. As Jabeur's forehand became increasingly problematic, Rybakina got her serve and groundstrokes going in the second and third sets.
Jabeur needed to find a way to cut down on her mistakes; on the forehand side alone, she lost 15 points — 10 via forced errors, five via unforced.
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