Jasmine Paolini has just made history by advancing to the fourth round of Wimbledon for the first time. She achieved this feat by defeating Bianca Andreescu in a stunning display on Court One under the roof. The seventh-seeded player won 7-6 (7-4) 6-1, leaving Andreescu struggling to keep up.
Paolini, a 28-year-old Italian, had never won a match at Wimbledon until now. This remarkable journey has been years in the making, as she had not gone beyond the second round of a Grand Slam until 2024. In the next round, she will face either Madison Keys or Marta Kostyuk.
The match between Paolini and Andreescu was a rematch of their French Open third round encounter five weeks prior, which Paolini also won in three sets. Andreescu, currently ranked 176th in the world, struggled to maintain her form in the match, losing the final six games of the second set.
Delighted with her performance, Paolini stated, “I think I played a good match. I tried to be aggressive because, if not, I am going to have to run so much.” In other matches, 19th seed Emma Navarro defeated Diana Shnaider and set up a match against either second seed Coco Gauff or Britain’s Sonay Kartal in the next round.