There will be a first-time ladies champion at Wimbledon.
Third-seeded Ons Jabeur of Tunisia and No. 17 Elena Rybakina of Kazakhstan won their matches in Thursday’s semifinals to advance to Saturday’s final at the All England Club in London.
Jabeur defeated Germany’s Tatjana Maria 6–2, 3–6, 6–1 in one hour and 43 minutes in the day’s first semi.
Rybakina easily dispatched No. 16 Simona Halep 6–3, 6–3 in the second. Halep, of Romania, had won 12 straight matches and 21 consecutive sets at Wimbledon dating back to her journey to the 2019 championship.
Jabeur finished with four aces and 39 winners against 30 unforced errors to take down her good friend, Maria….