Rybakina downs Halep in the semifinal. HIGHLIGHTS, INTERVIEW – WIMBLEDON RESULTS

Elena Rybakina bests Simona Halep 6-3 6-3 in the semifinal in London on Thursday. Rybakina will try to go further in the tournament when playing against Ons Jabeur in the final. The match lasted 1 hour and 16 minutes. This will be her best achievement in this event. In the past, the best she could do in the past was reaching the 4^th round in 2021. Here you can see her history at this event.

Rybakina added to her prize money £ 515,000 after winning this match. She has won already £ 1,050,000 after this win. If she wins the next match, Elena will add £ 950,000 to her earnings to get in total £ 2,000,000 in total.

Highlights Elena Rybakina vs. Simona Halep Wimbledon – London

Rybakina ‘s Interview

Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners

At the end of the match, Elena scored 63 points vs. the Romanian’s 52.

Rybakina

The Kazakhstani won this match even if she was far from perfect in converting her break points as she converted only 44% (4/9) of the procured opportunities.

Halep

On the other side, The Romanian was fantastic in converting the only break point that she converted. However, that was not enough to win the match.

After this encounter, the head to head between Rybakina and Halep is 2-2.

Draw and next match H2H: Elena Rybakina vs. Ons Jabeur – stats

Rybakina will square off with Jabeur in the final.

This will be the 4^th time that Elena Rybakina and Ons Jabeur square off. The head to head is 2-1 for Jabeur (see full H2H stats), but they have never played each other on grass.

The last time that they competed against each other, Jabeur won 6-4 3-2 ret. in the semifinal in Chicago back in 2021.

Live score progression and stats

Rybakina had a favorable start in this set after breaking Simona Halep in the 2^nd game (2-0) before consolidating her break and lead 3-0

. That break resulted decisive for the Kazakhstani to win the set (6-3) since there were no other breaks anymore.

Rybakina converted 20% of her break points (1/5). She had 5 break points opportunities in the 2^nd (1-0 40-A), the 4^th (3-0 30-40), the 6^th (4-1 15-40 and 30-40) and the 8^th game (5-2 30-40). On the other side, Rybakina didn’t concede a single break point during this set.

They contested 59 points. The Kazakhstani was the winner of the set after clinching 9 more points than Simona (34-25

). Rybakina dropped 7 points on serve (20-7). On the other side, the Romanian conceded 14 points on serve (18-14).

Rybakina conquered a commanding position in the outset to break Simona Halep in the 1^st game (1-0). Yet, that was not enough for the Kazakhstani to win the set as Simona managed to break back in the 4^th (2-2) game. Elena kept her focus to break Halep in the 5^th (3-2) game before winning the set (4-3).

Elena converted 66% of her break points (2/3). She had 3 break points opportunities in the 1^st (0-0 40-A and 40-A) and the 5^th game (2-2 30-40). On the other side, Halep was clinical in converting the only break point that she conquered in the 4^th game (1-2 0-40).

They contested 42 points. It’s worth to point out that, The Kazakhstani won this set even if she scored less points 2 than Halep (20-22). Rybakina conceded 7 points on serve (8-7). In addition, on the other side, Simona conceded 12 points on serve (15-12).

Tennis Scores in Wimbledon

• Elena RybakinaRybakina – Simona HalepHalep (6-3 6-3) – Stats and score progression
• Ons JabeurJabeur – Tatjana MariaMaria (6-2 3-6 6-1) – Stats and score progression

Upcoming matches

• Elena RybakinaRybakina – Ons JabeurJabeur (1-2) – H2H details and stats