- No 17 seed stuns former world No 1 with 6-3 6-3 win
- Rybakina will face Ons Jabeur in women’s singles final
With a display of power tennis that had Centre Court gasping, Elena Rybakina reached her first grand slam final with a 6-3, 6-3 victory over Simone Halep. But in doing so the 23-year-old has also given Wimbledon a looming headache.
When the All England Club decided to ban Russian and Belarussian players from this year’s tournament, it was due in part from wanting to avoid the scenes of the Duchess of Cambridge presenting the trophy to a Russian-born player.