Diede De Groot He continues to write highly relevant pages in the history of high performance sports. The number one in adapted tennis she won the definition of the Australian Open 2024 over the Japanese Yui Kamiji by 7-5 and 6-4 after one hour and 36 minutes of play to lift her 13th consecutive Grand Slam and the 21st of her career.
Diede De Groot won his 13th consecutive Grand Slam. Getty Images
The 27-year-old Dutchwoman also maintains a winning streak of 135 matches that she extended this week with wins over Lucy Shuker, Aniek Van Koot, Jiske Griffioen and, finally, Yui Kamiji. In this way she celebrated her 13th consecutive Grand Slam consecration, a number that makes her the record holder, leaving behind the Japanese tennis legend, Shingo Kunieda, with the 12 she added from 2007 to 2011.
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The consecration in Melbourne, sixth in the tournament, placed her in a privileged place in the history of the sport because she was just one victory away from the women’s record for the number of titles. For the moment, she will share the top with her compatriot Esther Vergeer (21), leaving behind Yui Kamiji (8), Jiske Griffioen (4) and Aniek van Koot (3) by a wide margin.
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In his years as a professional he has qualified for 24 Grand Slam finals, winning 21 of them. The only ones she lost were to Yui Kamiji at the 2017 US Open and 2018 Roland Garros, and Aniek van Koot at Wimbledon 2019. Since then, she has dominated the discipline against each of her rivals.
2024-01-27 15:31:23
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