Three years later, Simona Halep finally suffered a defeat at Wimbledon.
The 30-year-old Romanian gave all credit to her opponent Elena Rybakina, who snapped her 12-match All England Club winning streak in emphatic style. Halep, the 2019 champion, struggled with her serve and couldn't hit through the powerful Kazakh in a 6-3, 6-3 defeat.
Rybakina advanced to her first Wimbledon final, where she’ll face Ons Jabeur in a historic first meeting. But although she handed Halep—who hadn’t dropped a set all tournament long—a lopsided loss, that doesn’t make the 23-year-old the runaway favorite.
In her post-match press conference, Halep broke down Rybakina and Jabeur’s clash of styles and previewed an “interesting” Wimbledon women’s final—which Halep says she’ll definitely be tuning into.
Q. You're one of the smartest players on tour. How do you assess Saturday's final?
SIMONA HALEP: Interesting. Yeah, now [that] I'm thinking about it, it's not easy to answer because I don't know Rybakina is going to respond to Jabeur's game. It's changing the rhythm, it's cutting the rhythm with many slices. Jabeur, she's serving well.
It's going to be interesting. I cannot say that Rybakina can keep this level. But probably she would if she really feels confident.
So it's going to be interesting to work, and I will watch it.
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