With a display of power tennis that left Centre Court gasping, Elena Rybakina reached her first grand slam final with a dizzying 6-3, 6-3 victory over Simona Halep. But now the 23-year-old has given Wimbledon a looming headache.
When the All England Club decided to ban Russian and Belarusian players in April, part of its thinking was to avoid the embarrassment of the Duchess of Cambridge handing a trophy to a Russian-born player while the war in Ukraine raged.
