Marketa Vondrousova, historic Wimbledon champion

Marketa Vondrousova He taught from a young age that he had the abilities of a tennis figure. Junior world number one, he raised his head in Roland Garros 2019 qualifying for the final he lost to the Australian Ashleigh Barty.

It should be a slingshot to the elite. It was the start of a nightmare in the form of a wrist injury, which sidelined him for six months. After two surgeries, he tried again, as a return to the road that sustained other physical problems.

angry, vondrousova He achieved glory at the age of 24, as the new Wimbledon champion, the first in history without starting as a seed. He started as No. 42 who is also an Olympic silver medalist in the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games (they were held in 2021 due to the pandemic), he will close the next world top-10.

Of dreams full of vondrousova in the Tunisian woman’s eternal nightmare Ounce Jabeur28 years old and No. 6, losing in his second consecutive Wimbledon final, his third Grand Slam including the 2022 US Open.

The left-handed Vondrousova was able to roll on the grass of the All England Club as she closed the match in her favor 6-4, 6-4 in 1h.20′. The third Czech who reigned, then Jana Novotna and the double champion Petra Kvitova. the historical Martina Navratilovanine record crowns, is counted in the list of winners as an American, although he is part of that school that continues to produce so many great tennis players.

vondrousova, who appeared at Wimbledon with a negative record of 1-4 at Wimbledon and 4-11 on grass, built himself up on a surface that until these weeks he considered residual for his conditions. He made a mistake. It is a matter of chance, of letting go.

He lifted the important and unique trophy, the Ken Rosewater Dishpocketed £2,350,000, about 2,700,000 euros. And there will be another tattoo on his arms. In the most special.

He is more emotionally intact than Jabeur, again swallowed by the pressure. The Arab tennis player felt like a favorite, he didn’t handle it well. He dominated 4-2, lost until 6-4, 1-0 for the Czech, with a 5-0 run.

vondrousova he squandered a 40-0 run at 2-0 in the second set, taking Jabeur, who hesitated again to find himself ahead at 1-3. The African is struggling a lot in the ‘big’ finals. He cried in pain, frustration. “It will be a hard day, but I’m not going to give up. I’ll be back,” cried the Tunisian woman, who made an effort.

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“Tennis is crazy,” said the new Grand Slam champion, who remembered his wedding anniversary this Sunday. Stepan Simek, who met the tennis player when he was his sparring partner in training, came to London only for the final, after finding a caretaker for the couple’s cat, who stayed in Prague.