hello and welcome to sportsday. coming up on the programme. elena rybakina is the wimbledon champion after beating ons jabeur in the women s singles final. to bea to be a winner, i mean, isjust amazing. i don t have the words to say how happy i am. i don t have the words to say how happy i am. alfie hewett and gordon reid s run of 10 consecutive grand slam wheelchair doubles titles is over after they were beaten in the final. away from wimbledon with me paul scott. a win to remember: ireland are victorious against the all blacks in new zealand for the very first time. and england lose the t20 series to india, after a 49 run defeat at edgbaston. welcome along. another scorching hot day at wimbledon and here they continue to watch the doubles that is being played at the moment but the story of the day has already happened. that was on centre court a few hours ago where, in her first grand slam final, she got thejob done. chasing history of her own and hoping to become the first
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could she deal with that? well, she needed an answer urgently. she could not find one. third set 6 2. the moment of victory seemed almost routine. of course it was years in the making. she is from moscow. she is represented kazakhstan since 2018 but in the year that russian players were banned from wimbledon she is the champion some invite check her claim is theirs. she cannot control perceptions, only her achievements. she was outstanding. you might want to say thank you for the royal box. i mean, i m playing the first time and it is an honour to be to play in front of you. thank you so much and it isjust front of you. thank you so much and it is just unbelievable. thank you. this victory reallyjust invoices how open, how fluid, women s tennis teams at the moment. the last six women s championship at wimbledon, all different names, all different nationalities. here is argentina and
welcome along. another scorching hot day at wimbledon and here they continue to watch the doubles that is being played at the moment but the story of the day has already happened. that was on centre court a few hours ago where, in her first grand slam final, she got thejob done. chasing history of her own and hoping to become the first african woman to win a grand slam title. it wasn t to be far higher but it was to be for her opponent. a year where russian and belarusian players were banned following the invasion of ukraine we ended up with a winner born in she changed her nationality four years ago and it is her tennis