📰Weekend Roundup📰
🎾 Elena Rybakina wins Wimbledon Title
🏐 Donegal stuns Dublin
⚽️ Round 1 of the @WEuro2022 group stages comes to a close
And much more…#HerSport #Wimbledon #LGFA #FAICup #WEuro pic.twitter.com/yiE54zKZLQ— Her Sport (@HerSportDotIE) July 11, 2022
Wimbledon
Wimbledon drew to a close over the weekend with a stunning finish from the women’s single side.
Elena Rybakina was the 17th seed going into the tournament, and on Saturday she won her first Grand Slam title becoming the first player representing Kazakhstan to win a Grand Slam Singles title.
Rybakina went head to head against Ons Jabeur of Tunisia to become the lowest ranked player to take home the title since Venus Williams won at the All England Club.
The women’s doubles title went to Kateřina Siniaková and Barbora Krejčíková of Czechia.
ELENA RYBAKINA IS THE LADIES’ SINGLES WIMBLEDON CHAMPION OF 2022!
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📺 Wimbledon | LIVE on Channel 9, 9Now and Stan Sport.#9WWOS #Tennis #Wimbledon pic.twitter.com/vUSTQe6wPH— Wide World of Sports (@wwos) July 9, 2022
Hockey World Cup
After a series of tough losses, the Green Army was able to pull off a win against South Africa.
Two penalty corner goals from Sarah Hawkshaw and Róisín Upton put the team up 2-0.
After being eliminated from the group stages, the team is working to finish at a higher ranking than they received going into the tournament (13).
They will be back in action on Tuesday against China to fight for the 9th place ranking.
All-Ireland Ladies Football Championship
It was a thrilling weekend for Ladies Football as the quarter-final rounds took place.
The four teams that we will see making appearances in the semi-final round of the championships will be Kerry, Mayo, Meath and Donegal.
Kerry was matched up against Armagh over the weekend where they won 4-12 to 2-14 despite Aimee Mackin’s 11 points for her team.
Mayo fought against Cork for their 2-13 to 0-17 win at Cusack Park.
The reigning champions Meath will continue their championship campaign following a narrow 1-12 to 1-11 match against Galway.
In arguably the most surprising match of the weekend, last year's finalists, Dublin, fell to Donegal 1-7 to 3-7 at Páirc Seán Mac Diarmada.
Semi-finals will be taking place next Sunday at Croke Park with Meath playing Donegal and Kerry taking on Mayo.
🏆 @TG4TV All-Ireland SFC semi-finals @DonegalLGFA v @meathladiesMLGF @kerryladiesfoot v @Mayo_LGFA
Fixtures to be played at @CrokePark next Saturday (2pm and 4pm) #ProperFan @SportTG4 pic.twitter.com/FEJDvTw5p4— Ladies Football (@LadiesFootball) July 9, 2022
Euros 2022
The first round of the group stages of the UEFA Women’s Euro came to a close over the weekend.
In the first match of the weekend, Spain took on Finland on Friday to win 4-1 despite Spain's star player, Alexia Putellas, being out due to an ACL injury.
Also taking place on friday, Germany beat Denmark 4-nil in a top-quality performance from the entire team that led to a wide scoring margin.
Saturday was a day of draws in the championship starting with Portugal v Switzerland 2 all and the 1 all clash between two of the superpowers of the Euros—Netherlands and Sweden.
Sunday saw another draw—this time 1 all Belgium v Iceland—as well as a 5-1 match going to France over Italy.
Round two of the group stages starts later today and goes through Thursday night.
FAI Women's Cup
There were no surprises in the FAI Women's Cup as all of the big teams remained uscathed after the first round of the championship.
Bohemians overcame Galway 1-0.
DLR Waves defeated Treaty United 5-0.
Cork City and Bonagee United went head to head with Cork City winning 7-0.
After a 27 minute deadlock, Athlone Town beat Whitehall Rangers 0-7.
Peamount United absolutely annihilated Finglas United 16-0.
