Barbora Krejcikova wins Wimbledon by beating Jasmine Paolini for her second Grand Slam trophy
LONDON (AP) — Barbora Krejcikova has won Wimbledon for her second Grand Slam title with a 6-2, 2-6, 6-4 victory over Jasmine Paolini in the final. Krejcikova is a 28-year-old from the Czech Republic who added Saturday’s trophy to her championship at the French Open in 2021. She was unseeded in Paris back then and was only the 31st of 32 seeds at the All England Club after illness and a back injury this season limited her to a 7-9 record entering this tournament. Krejcikova is the eighth woman to leave Wimbledon as the champion in the past eight editions of the event. The seventh-seeded Paolini also was the runner-up at the French Open last month.
Novak Djokovic and Carlos Alcaraz meet in a Wimbledon men’s final rematch
LONDON (AP) — Novak Djokovic and Carlos Alcaraz are set to meet for the Wimbledon men’s championship. Sunday’s final at the All England Club is a rematch from last year, when Alcaraz got past Djokovic in five sets. The 37-year-old Djokovic is trying to win his eighth Wimbledon title to equal Roger Federer for the most by a man at the grass-court major. A victory by Djokovic would also give him 25 Grand Slam singles titles, more than any other player in tennis history. It was only a little more than a month ago that Djokovic had surgery on his right knee after getting injured during the French Open.
