Japan won three of the four gold medals this week, and Uno capped it off with guts coming off a reported ankle injury. He finished, fell backward and lay on home ice in Saitama, soaking in a standing ovation amid a sea of Japanese flags. Uno, 25 and the leader after Thursday’s short program, prevailed with five quad attempts (one under-rotated) in Saturday’s free skate. Japan’s Shoma Uno repeated as world figure skating champion, performing the total package of jumps and artistry immediately after 18-year-old American Ilia Malinin attempted a record-tying six quadruple jumps in his free skate to earn the bronze medal. Favorite us! Follow Wimbledon Women’s Singles Draw Top-ranked Iga Swiatek lost in the third round to veteran Frenchwoman Alize Cornet, ending her win streak at 37 matches, tying the best in women’s tennis in 32 years. It marked the 40-year-old Williams’ first singles match since last year’s Wimbledon. Jabeur made history by becoming the first African woman, and first Arab or North African man or woman, to reach a major final in the Open Era.Įarlier in the tournament, Serena Williams lost in the first round to 115th-ranked Frenchwoman Harmony Tan. Rybakina, 23, was born and raised in Moscow, then switched nationalities in 2018 to Kazakhstan, which offered her more financial support to further her tennis career. It marked the first Wimbledon women’s final pitting two first-time major finalists since 1962. The only lower-ranked champion was Venus Williams, who was ranked 31st in 2007. The 23rd-ranked Rybakina, the second-lowest-ranked Wimbledon women’s champion, prevailed 3-6, 6-2, 6-2 to become her nation’s first major champion.

3 seed Ons Jabeur of Tunisia in the final. Kazakhstan’s Elena Rybakina became one of the unlikeliest Wimbledon women’s champions, rallying past No.

Wimbledon results