Ons Jabeur produced a great comeback to beat Aryna Sabalenka propel herself to the 2023 Wimbledon women’s singles final.
Jabeur’s was losing at a set and 4-2 behind but turned the tide, bolstered by an amazing support to beat her opponent 6-7 (5-7) 6-4 6-3 and reach a second successive final at the Championships.
She will now face unseeded Marketa Vondrousova. This means there will be a new Wimbledon and Grand Slam champion on Saturday. Vondrousova had beaten Ukrainian Elina Svitolina’s 6-3 6-3 in the other semi-final.
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She is the first unseeded player to reach the Wimbledon women’s singles final in the Open era.
Jabeur was beaten in last year’s final by Elena Rybakina and was hugely supported by the Centre Court crowd throughout one of the best matches of the tournament so far.
“Thank you to the crowd that kept me in the match,” Jabeur, who is also the sixth seed, said in her on-court interview.
“Thank you very much for believing in me.
“I’m working a lot with my mental coach about this. I might be writing a book about it!”
The women’s singles final is at 14:00 GMT+1 on Saturday.
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