Barbora Krejcikova stuns Elena Rybakina in strange but absorbing Wimbledon semi-final

CELEBRITYBarbora Krejcikova stuns Elena Rybakina in strange but absorbing Wimbledon semi-finalPublished 2 mins ago on July 11, 2024By Michael James

For a while, this was the calm after the storm. After Jasmine Paolini and Donna Vekic ran themselves into the ground in Wimbledon’s longest-ever women’s semi-final, Elena Rybakina looked poised to navigate hers with only the occasional hint of resistance. While Paolini needed two hours and 51 minutes to fight back, reduce Vekic to tears, and position herself on the cusp of glory, Rybakina seemed likely to need about 60 minutes to extinguish Barbora Krejcikova’s dream. And after the Centre Court crowd gorged itself on the melodrama of the first semi-final, it appeared content with watching this encore politely but sleepily