Wimbledon, Paolini eliminated in the second round by n.80 Rakhimova

Jasmine’s dream ends on field 3, while in London it falls in the evening. Wimbledon 2025 for Paolini, a finalist last year, ended unexpectedly in the second round against the Russian Kamilla Rakhimova, who after having sold the first set sends it home 4-6 6-4 in two hours and 18 minutes. The 29 -year -old does not arrive at least in the third round for the first time after six Slam tournaments, interrupting a series that had consecrated her among the queens of world tennis, which had brought her to start this Wimbledon as a series head number 4 of the scoreboard and with many dreams. I stayed in the drawer, closed by the number 80 of the world against which he had never played earlier.

the keys

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Paolini has never managed to reach his best level, to play his tennis. Also uncertain in the first set, also won, the only blue in the story never arrived in the final of Wimbledon has gradually passed away with the growth of Rakhimova, who beats one of the best 10 in the world for the first time in his career at the 7th attempt. Jasmine tried to find ourselves, to return the number 5 of the world, but was crushed by the weight of 40 unformed errors, by that straight that did not enter, by an opponent who entered the field with many doubts and grown with the passage of the game, enough to take a sensational victory. In Wimbledon he had never gone beyond the first round, he had immediately gone out in Australia and Paris. This time he made a company. To the detriment of Jasmine, who, leaving the field 3 by greeting the audience who still supports her barely manages to hide the disappointment for a bad defeat, one not from her.

the game

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Paolini takes the break at the fourth game to escape 3-1, then allows Rakhimova to steal the service when it goes to serve for the set on 5-3, but closes the accounts to the next game. The signs that something does not work, however, are all there, and materialize in the 7th game of the second set, when Rakhimova removes the service from the blue and then closes the set on 6-4. Paolini starts badly in the third set, immediately losing the service, the Russian is solid and no longer weighed down by the double fouls (9 in the first two sets) while the blue progressively loses its certainties, especially with the straight. And Rakhimova ends it 6-4 in his joke with the fourth match point, giving himself the most beautiful victory of the career.

The ranking

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A defeat that brings important consequences for ranking. The current number 4 of the world and finalist in London last year will now lose 1230 points: this will go down to eighth place, reaching 3576 points. Paolini, however, will have to look behind. Among the contenders to take a place in the top ten there are Amanda Anisimova (3327 points) and Emma Navarro (3250 points), still running in this Wimbledon. And watch out to Elena Rybakina. Finished in the rear, the Kazakh, champion in London in 2022, has shown that he can play very well on the grass: with 2746 points he can return to the top 10.