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It’s between Ons Jabeur and Aryna Sabalenka in the second Wimbledon semifinal.
Jabeur-Sabalenka the second Wimbledon semifinal.
It will be between Ons Jabeur, world No. 6, and Aryna Sabalenka, No. 2, in the second Wimbledon women’s singles semifinal. On Center Court, the Tunisian took revenge on Russian-Kazakhstan’s Elena Rybakina, number 3, who had defeated her in last year’s final, beating her by a score of 6-7 6-4 6-1, while the Belarusian on court number 1 swept the U.S. Madison Keys, current number 18 who was number 7 in 2016, 6-2 6-4.
The first set between Jabeur and Rybakina was hotly contested, the first to break being the defending champion in the fourth game, who, however, in turn surrendered the serve in the next game. The scene is repeated but on opposite sides in the 11th and 12th games: Jabeur makes the break and has a set point at 6-5 and serve but does not exploit it, it then goes to the tie-break, which is won by Rybakina 7-5 with decisive minibreak at 3-3 and closing the partial set at the third set point.
In the second set Jabeur does not exploit three break points in the second game, ditto Rybakina in the fifth, but on 4-4 the match takes its definite direction: Jabeur on 5-4 wins her opponent’s service game and set and then flies to 3-0 in the decisive partial, saves two break points on 3-1 and then breaks Rybakina again in the sixth game closing the match after one hour and 53 minutes of play.
An hour and 27 minutes, on the other hand, lasted the match between Keys and Sabalenka, in the first set she saves only one break point in the last game by twice snatching the serve from Keys in the first and fifth game. In the second set it is the American who goes ahead 4-2 but it is her only treble because here she loses the last four games of the match.
For Jabeur it is the third semifinal at a Slam, the other two including last year’s Wimbledon, while for Sabalenka it is the sixth, the second at Church Road, and of the previous five she has won only one, that of last year’s triumphant Australian Open. The record, on the other hand, says well for Sabalenka, who has won three out of four, including the 2021 quarterfinal on London grass.
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Jorge Martin can finally make his debut on’Aprilia and in the MotoGP World Championship after missing the first races due to injury. Doctors have given the go-ahead for his return to the track, ruling him fit to compete in practice and the Qatar Grand Prix.
The reigning world champion will take to the track Friday on the No. 1 Aprilia for the first time in an official test since the disastrous crashes that caused him some fractures in winter testing and in training.
Martin’s goal is to adapt as soon as possible to the new bike in order to have his say over the course of the season, although the train for the World Championship seems to have now departed, given the current pace and superiority of the Ducatis and in particular Marc Marquez, Pecco Bagnaia and Alex Marquez.
Martin won the 2024 World Championship with the Ducati’s satellite Pramac team bike, bending Bagnaia.
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Legia Warsaw-Chelsea, a match valid for the Europa League quarterfinal first leg, is scheduled for 6:45 p.m. in Poland. The Blues, first in the league stage, come to the challenge after a win against Copenhagen, while Legia in the round of 16 eliminated Molde in a comeback. The London team is scoring very little in its last few games played (just 3 goals in five matches), but is still unbeaten in the competition.
Legia relies on Luqinhas, Chodyna and Pekhart in attack. In midfield Kapustka with Elitim and Morishita.
For Maresca Neto is the central striker, with the trio of trequartists Sancho-Enzo Fernandez-Nkunku behind him.
Legia-Chelsea, the likely lineups
Legia Warsaw (4-3-3): Tobiasz; Wszolek, Pankov, Kapuadi, Vinagre; Kapustka, Elitim, Morishita; Chodyna, Pekhart, Luquinhas. All: Feio.
Chelsea (4-2-3-1): Sanchez; Fofana, Badiashile, Colwill, Cucurella; Reece James, Caicedo; Sancho, Enzo Fernandez, Nkunku; Neto. All: Maresca.
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A.C. Milan president Paolo Scaroni has angered Rossoneri fans on social media for words spoken during an event at San Siro organized by the newspaper Il Foglio: “I do not feel I can say that the season is just totally negative, I remember that we won the Italian Super Cup”.
“The fans are the focus of our attention, it is so important to have them by our side even in such a difficult season like this. They are showing resilience, putting up with the team even when performances are not brilliant”.
The market moves: “Being active in the market is one thing, then being successful is another. Some of the signings we have made have been great successes, becoming long-term Milan players with very good performances. Whereas other signings have been less successful, certainly Morata was not a great operation for so many reasons. Reijnders and Pulisic in particular have had consistently very good returns, then Leao excites everyone”.
“We intend to continue this policy of ours of being active especially on young people, so we will continue to strengthen the team. Furlani is in charge of that first of all, then there’s also Ibrahimovic along with our whole team. We would like to have a great season next year. Zlatan is an added value for Milan and for RedBird, he is a RedBird consultant loaned to Milan”.
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