Original title: The first person in Asia! Lebagina swept Halep and entered the Wimbledon final to make history
The 2022 Wimbledon season ends the women’s singles semi-final. The former Romanian world No. 1 Halep sent 9 double faults and lost two 3-6 scores to Kazakh player Lebagina, ending the 12-game winning streak since the beginning of the 2019 season. The 23-year-old Lebagina reached the Grand Slam final for the first time in her career and became the first Asian player to reach the Wimbledon singles final. It is worth mentioning that Lebagina previously eliminated Chinese player Zheng Qinwen 7-6/7-5 in the third round.
World No. 23 Rybagina became the youngest Wimbledon finalist since Muguruza in 2015 and the first Kazakh player to reach a Grand Slam singles final. Lebagina and the final opponent Jaber have played against each other twice before. In 2019, the two sides met Lebagina for the first time and had the last laugh. Jaber won the two matches between the two last season.
In the semifinals, Lebagina maintained her previous serving state and completely suppressed Halep on the offensive end. Shortly after the opening, she took the lead in breaking serve with a deep return and forehand winning points, establishing a 2-0 lead early. Halep struggled to save four break points in the next first set, but was unable to reduce Lebagina’s lead.
Halep made 3 double faults in the first serve of the second set. Although she finally broke through Lebagina’s serve, she again faced the crisis of breaking serve with a double fault, and Lebagina regained the lead. Advantage. The Kazakh players fired the fifth ace ball to get a 5-3 lead, and Halep ruined two game points of 40-15 in the next game that must be guaranteed. Backhand winning points are redeemed for match points.
Two of Halep’s nine double faults came on break points, while Lebagina hit 17 winners, including five aces. So far this season, Lebagina leads the WTA crowd with 219 aces.