Barbora Krejcikova to face Elena Rybakina in Wimbledon 2024 semis
What's the story
Barbora Krejckova has reached the Wimbledon 2024 semi-finals after taking down Jelena Ostapenko in the last eight on Wednesday. Krejcikova won the contest 6-4, 7-6. Ostapenko showed her resolve in the second set but Krejcikova held her nerves. Krejcikova will now be facing Elena Rybakina in the semis. Rybakina won her duel against Elina Svitolina in what was a one-sided affair. Here's more.
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Barbora bounds into the final four 🇨🇿@BKrejcikova storms into her first #Wimbledon semi-final! 👏 pic.twitter.com/z6Yrc1q967
— Wimbledon (@Wimbledon) July 10, 2024
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Here are the match stats
Both players doled out four aces each. Ostapenko committed five double faults compared to Krejcikova's three. The latter clocked an 81% win on the first serve and a 57% win on the second. She converted 3/8 break points.
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Massive feats attained by Krejcikova
Krejcikova is the player with the most women's singles Grand Slam main draw appearances between their first two Major semi-finals (13) since Sloane Stephens (16 between Australian Open 2013 and the US Open 2017). Meanwhile, she is now the 7th Czech Republic player to reach the women's singles SFs at Wimbledon in the Open Era after Novotna, Kvitova, Safarova, Strycova, Pliskova and Vondrousova.
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39-16 win-loss record at Grand Slams
As mentioned, Krejcikova has reached her maiden semi-finals at Wimbedon. Her previous best appearance here was in the 4th round. Krejcikova owns an 11-3 win-loss record at Wimbledon. Overall at Grand Slams, she has amassed a 39-16 win-loss record. Krejcikova is a one-time Slam champion, having lifted the 2021 Roland Garros title.
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3-5 record against Ostapenko
This victory means Krejcikova has improved her head-to-head tally against Ostapenko to 3-5 in eight meetings on the WTA Tour. Notably, Ostapenko had won the pair's last three meetings.