In Pics: Marketa Vondrousova wins Wimbledon 2023 & creates history
ON SATURDAY, MARKETA VONDROUSOVA FROM CZECH REPUBLIC DEFEATED ONS JABEUR TO BECOME THE FIRST UNSEEDED LADIES' SINGLES CHAMPION.
THE WORLD NO.42 FROM THE CZECH REPUBLIC - WHO UNTIL THIS SUMMER HAD ONLY EVER WON ONE MATCH AT THE ALL ENGLAND CLUB, DID THE IMPOSSIBLE
TRAILING 2-4 IN THE OPENING SET AND THEN 1-3 IN THE SECOND, VONDROUSOVA SOMEHOW DID THIS IN STRAIGHT SETS, 6-4, 6-4
THE 42ND-RANKED CZECH WON FIVE GAMES IN A ROW FROM DOWN 4-2 IN THE FIRST SET. THEN SHE CONVERTED SIX OF SEVEN BREAK POINTS WHILE JABEUR GOT 48 PERCENT OF HER FIRST SERVES IN.
MARKETA, WHO WON HER FIRST GRAND SLAM TITLE, DEDICATED THIS TITLE AS AN ANNIVERSARY GIFT TO HER HUSBAND.