Marketa Vondrousova makes history at Wimbledon after winning her first Grand Slam

Wimbledon has a new champion. Czech tennis player Marketa Vondrousova became the new Wimbledon winner after beating Tunisia’s Ons Jabeur 6-4 after one hour and 22 minutes of competition. .

The women’s Grand Slam final found two tennis players looking to make history. Jabeur and Vondousova sought to enter the grass as all-time winners of the London tournament, in addition to being the first person.

In the case of the Tunisian, this had already reached defining examples of majors at Wimbledon and the US Open in 2022 and came to this appointment dreaming of becoming the first African tennis player to be a great champion.

On the other side appeared the Czech who also wanted revenge for a lost final, since she found herself without the Ronald Garros 2019 trophy. And to get there, she had to fight with everything. In fact, she is the first player in Open Era history who has not been seeded to reach tournament definition, far surpassing her previous best record at the All England Club, since her best result so far ‘at this edition was the second. round. .

In addition, the two arrived paired in the confrontations between them with three victories for each, of course Vondrousova brought the most having won the two matches they played this 2023. He beat her at the Open of Australia and Indian Wells.

Given all this, the duel began with everything. Already in the second game of the first set, the first break of the match was recorded in favor of the Tunisian, of course, after fighting with everything in the next game, the Czech eventually won it back.

A new exchange in the Games sixth and seventh left the Tunisian leading 3-4. Of course, another break in the ninth game gave the European a 5-4 lead and with her serve she closed the first set 6-4. .

In the second run, the story was similar. The two tennis players have reached the dispute of the sixth Games with two breaks for each, being tied 3-3. The key moment of this round came in the ninth game, when Vondrousova broke her rival’s serve and went on to lead 5-4, having the chance to close the match with her serve. .

Far from complicated The Czech took advantage of Jabeur’s failures to close the championship with another 6-4 to lift the title to the applause of the public present. .

After the definition, the tournament-winning tennis player spoke on the court. “I really don’t know what’s going on right now, it’s an amazing feeling he started pointing.

He also took the time to refer to his rival. “So, congratulations, you are a great inspiration to all of us. I hope you win one day, you are an amazing person. Congratulations to the team.”

He also spoke about what he had to face last year on these same dates. “After everything I’ve been through, I had a cast last time, it’s amazing I can stay here and hold this. tennis is crazy ”.

“I don’t know how I did. Returns are not easy, you never know what to expect. I was hoping I could get back to this level and now I’m here “, he added.

Finally, she indicated that to celebrate “maybe I’ll have a little beer. It’s been a grueling two weeks and I’ve been recovering for the past few days. I was very nervous before this game. Thank you very much guys for the support and coming here.”

For his part, Jabeur commented that “I think it’s the most painful loss of my career ”. “It will be difficult day in and day out for me, but I’m not going to give up. I’m going to come back stronger,” he added before committing to the fans. “Thank you for coming. Thank you for supporting me, the energy is wonderful here at Wimbledon. I really appreciate your support. It’s been a tough ride, but it’s tennis and I promise to come back one day and win this tournament. ”.