Kazakh's Elena Rybakina claimed her first major title when she defeated Tunisia's Ons Jabeur at Wimbledon on Saturday.

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Rybakina, 23, had never made it past the quarter-finals of a Grand Slam tournament (Roland-Garros 2021).

Born in Moscow, she brings to Kazakhstan, whose nationality she took in 2018, her first major title, men and women alike.

In the absence of Russian and Belarusian players, deprived of Wimbledon in reaction to the invasion of Ukraine, she went after her dream. This final had however started badly, the Tunisian, world number 2, taking the first set 6-3 without shaking the least in the world.

But the 23rd player in the world, who has been walking her insurance for two weeks on the courts of the All England Lawn Tennis Club, was able to reverse the trend and pocket the last two sets 6-2, 6-2.

Back from injury and health problems that hampered her preparation on the grass, she confided during the London fortnight that she had nothing to lose and had approached Wimbledon "more relaxed".

Her slackness on the field successively got the better of Coco Vandeweghe, Bianca Andreescu (champion of the United States Open in 2019), then Qinwen Zheng, Petra Martic, Ajla Tomljanovic, the only player to have taken a set from her before Jabeur on Saturday in the final , and Simona Halep, winner of 2019, in the semi-finals.