I’m crying Barbora Krejcikova, The tennis world was moved by his message after winning his first Wimbledon, second Grand Slam after winning Roland Garros in 2021. He remembered a dear person in the racket universe. Unforgettable.
“It was Jana who told me that I had potential and that I should become a tennis professional. Before she died she told me that she would win a Grand Slam,” recalled the Czech, unable to hold back tears in front of the 15,000 fans in center court where he defeated the Italian Jasmine Paolini by 6-2, 2-6, 6-4.
“I never dreamed that I would win the trophy that Jana won in 1998. I missed her a lot, I always have her in my memory,” Krejcikova noted.
On social media he wrote “I did it”, sharing a Wimbledon video reference Jana Novotna, Czech 1988 Wimbledon champion, mentor and coach of Krejcikova, whose illness surprised tennis. He died at the age of 49 from cancer.
Images of him crying, resting his head on the woman’s shoulder, are famous. Duchess of Kent with the champion Venus Rosewater Dish in her arms. Touched by the victory at Wimbledon.
Source: La Verdad
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