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Jul 9, 2022, 5 tweets

#BREAKING Elena Rybakina beats Ons Jabeur to win Wimbledon title

#UPDATE Russian-born Elena Rybakina powered back to win the #Wimbledon2022 title 3-6, 6-2, 6-2 on Saturday, denying Tunisia's Ons Jabeur a chance to make African tennis history

#UPDATE Jabeur was in charge at the start of the match but the 17th seed, representing Kazakhstan, regrouped and dropped just four more games on the way to a 3-6, 6-2, 6-2 victory
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TENNIS: Number of Grand Slam titles won by each country in women's singles, since the beginning of the Open Era in 1968

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Born in Moscow but representing Kazakhstan, Elena Rybakina was crowned Wimbledon champion.

Russians and Belarusians were prevented from competing at the All England Club.

Plenty of Russians, however, have switched allegiance to Kazakhstan

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