Jasmine Paolini topples Vekic in the semifinal at Wimbledon. HIGHLIGHTS, INTERVIEW. HIGHLIGHTS, INTERVIEW

Jasmine Paolini aces Donna Vekic 2-6 6-4 7-6(8) in the semifinal in London on Thursday. Paolini will play Barbora Krejcikova in the final. The match lasted 2 hours and 51 minutes. This will be her best achievement in this tournament. In the past, the best she could do was reaching the 1^st round in 2021, 2022 and 2023. Here you can see her history at this event.

London

Paolini's Record

Jasmine added to her prize money £ 685,000 after winning this match. She has already won £ 1,400,000 after this win. If she wins the next match, Paolini will add £ 1,300,000 to her earnings to get in total £ 2,700,000 in total.

Highlights Jasmine Paolini vs. Donna Vekic Wimbledon – London

Paolini’s Interview

Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners

Paolini

Vekic

2-6 6-4 7-6⁸
2h:51

111

111

Total points

118

118

54

54

Winners

48

48

49%

49%

Ratio Winners

41%

41%

32

32

Unforced

57

57

36%

36%

Ratio Unforced

64%

64%

12/21

12/21

Net Approaches

12/15

12/15

57%

57%

Perc

80%

80%

-- Serve --

5

5

Aces

7

7

3

3

Double Faults

7

7

63%

63%

1st in

58%

58%

67%

67%

1st won

83%

83%

54/81

54/81

1st won

48/58

48/58

46%

46%

2nd won

40%

40%

22/48

22/48

2nd won

17/42

17/42

173

173

Fastest serve

185

185

156

156

AVG 1^st Serve

176

176

130

130

AVG 2^nd Serve

144

144

-- Break Points --

3/7

3/7

Total

4/14

4/14

43%

43%

Won

29%

29%

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Jasmine won this match even if she conquered less points than the Croatian (111 vs. 118).

Paolini

Paolini won this match even if she was battling in converting her break points as she converted only 43% (3/7) of the procured opportunities.

Vekic

On the other side, the Croatian had some problems converting her break points (only 29% – 4/14). That was one of the key issues for her defeat.

After this match, the head to head between Paolini and Vekic is 3-1 for Jasmine.

Draw and next match H2H: Jasmine Paolini vs. Barbora Krejcikova – stats

Paolini will face Krejcikova in the final.

This will be the 2^nd time that Jasmine Paolini and Barbora Krejcikova play each other. The head to head is 1-0 for Krejcikova (see full H2H stats), but they have never played each other on grass.

The last time that they fought against each other, Krejcikova won 6-2 6-1 in the qualifications in Melbourne back in 2018.

Live score progression and stats

The Croatian in this set was too good for Jasmine and without struggling too much she won 6-2 after breaking the Italian in the 5^th (3-2) and in the 7^th (5-2) game.

Paolini was completely wiped out in the last 5 games of the set when the score went from 1-2 to 6-2.

Vekic was spot on in converting all her break points in the 1^st (0-0 40-A), the 5^th (2-2 30-40) and the 7^th game (4-2 0-40, 15-40 and 30-40). On the other side, the Croatian didn’t concede a single break point during this set.

They contested 51 points. The Croatian conquered the set after winning 13 more points than Paolini (32-19). Vekic was extremely solid on serve to concede just 3 points (16-3). On the losing side, Jasmine conceded 16 points on serve (16-16).

There was not much difference between the 2 players in this set with the exception of 1 break that the Italian conquered in the 10^th game (6-4).

Paolini converted 50% of her break points (1/2). She had 2 break points opportunities in the 4^th (2-1 40-A) and the 10^th game (5-4 15-40). On the other side, the Croatian was unable to convert any of her 3 break points. She had 3 break points opportunities in the 3^rd (1-1 30-40) and the 5^th game (2-2 30-40 and 40-A).

They contested 72 points. Jasmine was the winner of the set after clinching 4 more points than Vekic (38-34). Paolini surrendered 14 points on serve (25-14). In addition, on the other side, Donna conceded 13 points on serve (20-13).

Paolini conquered a commanding position in the outset to break Donna Vekic in the 1^st game (1-0). Nevertheless, Paolini managed to stage a good comeback to break Vekic in the 6^th (3-3) and in the 8^th (4-4) game before winning the set at the tiebreak at 8.

Tiebreak

The Italian won 2 minibreaks in the 6^th (3-3) and 18^th (10-8) point. On the other side, the Croatian won a minibreak in the 4^th (3-1) point.

This was the tiebreak sequence: 1-0, 1-1, 1-2, 1-3, 2-3, 3-3, 3-4, 4-4, 5-4, 5-5, 5-6, 6-6, 7-6, 7-7, 7-8, 8-8, 9-8, 10-8

The Italian converted 40% of her break points (2/5). She had 5 break points opportunities in the 6^th (2-3 15-40 and 30-40), the 8^th (3-4 15-40), the 10^th (5-4 30-40) and the 12^th game (6-5 30-40). Paolini saved 2 set points when she was 5-6 and 7-8 down. Moreover, on the other side, the Croatian converted 33% of her break points (2/6). She had her opportunities in the 1^st (0-0 30-40 and 40-A), the 3^rd (2-1 30-40), the 7^th (3-3 15-40) and the 11^th game (5-5 30-40 and 40-A).

They played 106 points. The set was a huge battle since finally Jasmine won just 2 points more than the Croatian (54-52). The Italian conceded 23 points on serve (36-23). On the other side, Donna conceded 18 points on serve (29-18).

Tennis Scores in Wimbledon

• Barbora KrejcikovaKrejcikova – Elena RybakinaRybakina (3-6 6-3 6-4)
• Jasmine PaoliniPaolini – Donna VekicVekic (2-6 6-4 7-6⁸)

Upcoming matches

• Barbora KrejcikovaKrejcikova – Jasmine PaoliniPaolini (1-0) – H2H details and stats