The boiling point was a titanic game at 5-5 in the third set, when Paolini held serve despite Vekic chucking everything and the kitchen sink at the Italian. Vekic went on to save a second match point, ...

Jasmine Paolini booked her place in a second successive grand slam final as she won the longest-lasting women’s semi-final in Wimbledon history to defeat Donna Vekic 2-6, 6-4, 7-6. It was a thrilling, ...

Jasmine Paolini reached her second consecutive Grand Slam final with a 2-6, 6-4, 7-6 (10-8) victory over unseeded Donna Vekic at Wimbledon on Thursday in a rollicking match that lasted 2 hours, 51 ...

Jasmine Paolini of Italy celebrates after defeating Donna Vekic of Croatia in their semifinal match at the Wimbledon tennis championships in London, Thursday, July 11, 2024. (AP Photo/Mosa'ab Elshamy) ...

Despite dropping the opening set to Donna Vekic, Paolini's never-say-die attitude kicked in and she clawed her way back into the match before holding her nerve in a deciding set tie-break to edge it.

Vekic, playing her fifth three-setter in six matches, headed to the locker room before the last set, recalibrated and came out strong. She broke in the opening game, helped by a forehand return winner ...

Krejcikova eliminated 2022 Wimbledon champion Elena Rybakina 3-6, 6-3, 6-4 in the second semi-final after Paolini beat Donna Vekic earlier in the day ...

Jasmine Paolini kept coming back, kept coming back, kept coming back, against Donna Vekic in what would become the longest Wimbledon women's semifinal on record -- after dropping the opening set ...

Jasmine Paolini of Italy celebrates after defeating Donna Vekic of Croatia in their semifinal match at the Wimbledon tennis championships in London, Thursday, July 11, 2024. (AP Photo/Mosa'ab Elshamy) ...

Jasmine Paolini of Italy celebrates winning match point as she plays against Donna Vekic of Croatia in the Ladies' Singles Semi-Final match during day eleven of The Championships Wimbledon 2024 at ...