2024 Wimbledon - Women's Discussion

Who will be 2024 Wimbledon women's singles champion?

  • Swiatek

    Votes: 3 16.7%
  • Gauff

    Votes: 1 5.6%
  • Sabalenka

    Votes: 5 27.8%
  • Rybakina

    Votes: 4 22.2%
  • Pegula

    Votes: 0 0.0%
  • Vondrousova

    Votes: 0 0.0%
  • Paolini

    Votes: 0 0.0%
  • Zheng

    Votes: 0 0.0%
  • Sakkari

    Votes: 0 0.0%
  • Other ...

    Votes: 5 27.8%

  • Total voters
    18
  • Poll closed .

ChrisRF

Legend
Congratulations to Paolini for her 2nd consecutive Slam final, but it still feels wrong to see a Wimbledon SF decided by a 3rd set Tiebreak.
 

ibbi

G.O.A.T.
Beautiful. And deserved. Back to back slam finals. First I think to play Roland Garros and Wimbledon back to back since Serena 8 years ago.

Heart breaks for Donna. They may be the same age, but I have a hard time seeing her get back to this kind of stage again. It ain't the years, it's the mileage.
 
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Tennis Fan States63

Hall of Fame
And there it is, Jasmine Paolini takes the last three points and the Final Set Tie Break, 10-8. She's on to the Ladies Final. Very well done. Very tough loss for Donna Vekic - both ladies were deserving, but somebody comes out on top, and another is heartbroken after a match like that. It's the tough part of the sport - they know that, though......

Really really good match and quite entertaining.
 
Agghhhh gutted for Vekic but congrats Paolini! Gets it done 3rd times the charm. What a match that ended up as, great shots at so many crucial times. Well done to both
 

Sudacafan

Bionic Poster
Where was Paolini before 2024? She is 28, and I haven't heard from her before. I was probably not paying attention.
 
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zagor

Bionic Poster
Oh man, I was hoping for Donna to somehow pull this one out, but fair play to Paolini. What a match!!

Yeah, kinda felt this was her shot at the slam, won some thrillers too this Wimbledon. Was so close to the final.

Not sure we'll ever see her make a deep slam run again.
 

zvelf

Hall of Fame
Vekic with ice in her veins, and water in her tear ducts.
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NoleFam

Bionic Poster
I caught the end of the match. I saw on the live score that Vekic was up 3-1 in the 3rd. Choke job by Vekic or great play by Paolini? Anyway congrats to Paolini.
 

sjwoo

Rookie
Losing 10-8 in a third set tiebreak does not a choke make. Both ladies played their hearts out. Huge points, great defense, some serious forehand power (Paolini fired one at 92mph - 5mph faster than her previous first serve!). One of those matches that you want neither player to lose.
 
Where was Paolini before 2024? She is 28, and I haven't heard from here before. I was probably not paying attention.
You weren't missing her, she was just not there. Ie this year is the first time she's won a single Wimbledon main draw match period

She had a lot of early years where she did nothing notable at all. She had the elements of play that have allowed her here but unrefined and couldn't put them together

Nothing special happened this year, she just happens... to have it all click? One of the craziest stories in Tennis for sure
 

Nostradamus

Bionic Poster
LOL,,, Fernandez said on ESPN ,, this 2nd semi should be a Good one ????????????? Krijekova who can't move to save her life.... with shot tolerance of 2-3 shots at best :-D :-D
 

Aussie Darcy

Bionic Poster
Bizarre that a 28-year-old player with a mere two singles titles in her career should suddenly bippity-bop her way into two straight slam finals.
I made the joke elsewhere about the Errani pasta doping excuse. It is a bit odd for her to suddenly have this breakthrough but I won’t accuse her of anything. Good for her.
 

flyingboris

Legend
4-16 before this season, as a 28 year old, straight to 15-2 with two straight slam finals. Has there ever been a more remarkable career turnaround this late in a career? It's unreal
Yeah amazing. I would like to see a detailed analysis of what changed. Like "she already had all that pace on her ground strokes, but too many UE" or "Her ground strokes went up by 10mph in the last two years". Very curious what made the difference.
 

Rattie

Legend
Victory belongs to the most tenacious as they say and Jasmine was certainly that! When Vecic started bawling her eyes out when she failed to get a break, it told me who was the tougher player.
Great win for Jasmine, hope she wins the title.
 
Bizarre that a 28-year-old player with a mere two singles titles in her career should suddenly bippity-bop her way into two straight slam finals.
She did well and had some great matches at the United Cup start of this year if I remember right too, some tennis people say being in that team environment watching the higher ranked pros compete and train, having that support helps your career and mindset
 
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