Jasmine Paolini booked her place in a second successive grand slam final as she won the longest-lasting women’s semi-final in Wimbledon history to defeat Donna Vekic 2-6, 6-4, 7-6.
It was a thrilling, undulating contest which lasted two hours and 51 minutes, Vekic barely able to walk between points in the latter stages while Paolini looked like she could run all day.
