Italy's Jasmine Paolini lost the
Wimbledon women singles final 6-2, 2-6, 6-4 to
Czech Barbora Krejcikova in an dramatic encounter on Saturday.
It is a second consecutive Grand Slam final defeat for the
28-year-old late bloomer after she lost 6-2, 6-1 to defending
champion and world number one Iga Świątek of Poland at the
French Open last month.
The Tuscan player, who had already made history be becoming the
first Italian woman to reach a Wimbledon final, make a shaky
start and lost her serve twice as she surrendered the first set.
But she roared back in the second, when she finally managed to
put Krejcikova under pressure on her serve and immediately made
it pay, taking two games against it.
The third set went with serve until the seventh game, when
Paolini conceded the second of two break points with a double
fault.
She made Krejcikova work hard for the title, earning two break
points in the final game and saving two championship points
against her before finally going down.
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