The 2017 edition of Wimbledon Tennis Championship is gradually coming to its conclusion, with only three matches left for each singles’ category – two semifinals and the final. The competition, which started on 3rd July will conclude on 16 July and has five senior categories – Men and Women Singles, Men and Women Doubles and Mixed Double.
Women Single Finalists
Like any other major sporting completion, there have triumphs and disappoints along the way and only four players can play in the female singles semifinals. The last four players in this year’s Women Singles’ semifinals are British Johanna Konta, who will be playing against five-time Wimbledon champion, American Venus Williams in the second semi-final match. Spanish Garbine Muguruza and against Slovak Magdalena Rybarikova, will battle it out in the first semifinal match on the Centre Court.
A look at the semi-finalists path to victory
Each semi-finalist has played and won five competitive games to reach this stage of the championship. Below is the summary of the result of their matches.
strong>Garbine Muguruza’s path to the Wimbledon semi-finals
Magdalena Rybarikova’s path to the Wimbledon semi-finals
- First round: defeated Ekaterina Alexandrova 6-2 6-4
- Second round: defeated Yanina Wickmayer 6-2 6-4
- Third round: defeated Sorana Cirstea 6-2 6-2
- Fourth round: defeated Angelique Kerber 4-6 6-4 6-4
- Quarter-final: defeated Svetlana Kuznetsova 6-3 6-4
Magdalena Rybarikova’s path to the Wimbledon semi-finals
Magdalena Rybarikova is into her first Grand Slam semi-final. Photo Sky Sports
- First round: defeated Monica Niculescu 6-4 6-1
- Second round: defeated Karolina Pliskova 3-6 7-5 6-2
- Third round: defeated Lesia Tsurenko 6-2 6-1
- Fourth round: defeated Petra Martic 6-4 2-6 6-3
- Quarter-final: defeated Coco Vandeweghe 6-3 6-3
Johanna Konta’s path to the Wimbledon semi-finals
- First round: defeated Su-Wei Hsieh 6-2 6-2
- Second round: defeated Donna Vekic 7-6 4-6 10-8
- Third round: defeated Maria Sakkari 6-4 6-1
- Fourth round: defeated Caroline Garcia 7-6 4-6 6-4
- Quarter-final: defeated Simona Halep 6-7 7-6 6-4
Venus Williams’ path to the Wimbledon semi-finals
- First round: Elise Mertens 7-6 6-4
- Second round: Qiang Wang 4-6 6-4 6-1
- Third round: Naomi Osaka 7-6 6-4
- Fourth round: Ana Konjuh 6-3 6-2
- Quarter-final: defeated Jelena Ostapenko 6-3 7-5
The paths to victory results for all the players and photos were sourced from Sky Sports