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Markéta Vondroušová had overcome the odds throughout the last fortnight at Wimbledon and the Czech did so again in the women’s final on Saturday, beating favorite Ons Jabeur to become the first unseeded woman in the Open Era to win the famous tournament.
The world No.42, who was playing in her first grand slam final, beat the No.6 seed 6-4 6-4 on Centre Court to make history.
Not since Serena Williams in 2018, when the American was ranked 181 in the world, has a female player ranked so low in the world reached the Wimbledon final.
No one expected Vondroušová to be competing in the championship match, not even the player herself whose husband had remained in the Czech Republic until the final to look after their cat, Frankie.
But Jabeur became the fifth seed to fall to the 24-year-old in this tournament as her unpredictability proved difficult for her opponents.
More to follow.
