Wimbledon set for new queen as Ashley Barty and Karolina Pliskova reach final

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World number one, Australia’s ashbarty and KaPliskova of the Czech Republic will battle each other in the Wimbledon women’s final on Saturday. | IOLsport

Kerber can, though, be pleased with her run despite Barty ending a 10-match winning streak for the 33-year-old German.

"For me it was just the fight that I put up in the last few weeks in my tennis, that's actually what counts for me right now," said Kerber.Pliskova has never doubted herself despite dropping out of the top 10 – she is ranked 13 – after being a regular since 2016. Pliskova had never been beyond the fourth round at Wimbledon but showed great resilience in coming from behind to beat Sabalenka.She managed to get over the disappointment of both failing to take any of the eight break points that she secured in the first set and losing it to battle it out toe-to-toe with Sabalenka.

However, Pliskova's perhaps greater experience – Wimbledon completed the full house of Grand Slam singles semi-finals – told in the end.

 

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