World number one Ashleigh Barty advanced to her maiden Wimbledon final after defeating 25th seed Angelique Kerber 6-3, 7-6(7-3) in the semi-finals on Thursday. In the other semi-finals match, world number 13 Karolina Pliskova defeated second seed Aryna Sabalenka 5-7, 6-4, 6-4 to enter her first final at Wimbledon. Notably, it is both Barty and Pliskova's second Grand Slam final.