She had trailed in each set but took the last four games of the first, then the final three games of the second as Jabeur appeared for long periods hugely dispirited by her inability to get to grips with the Czech’s tricky game which gave her no rhythm. She’s the lowest-ranked women’s winner in history and her victory was watched from the Royal Box by Billie Jean King, the last unseeded women’s singles finalist 60 years earlier.įew had expected the Czech to tame trailblazing Jabeur, still on her mission to become the first north African and Arab woman grand slam winner in history, but there was nothing but misery for the under-performing favourite.Īfter her third grand slam final defeat, including last year’s final, the ever-popular Jabeur ended up breaking down in tears in the post-match on-court interview, saying: “This is the most painful loss of my career.”īut for the 24-year-old Vondrousova, who’d lost the 2019 French Open final to Ash Barty as a teenager before her wrist troubles began, there was joy in following the illustrious path of previous Czech winners like another Royal Box spectator, Martina Navratilova. When we came, I was just like, ‘Try to win a couple of matches.’ Now this happened. I think it was the most impossible grand slam for me to win, so I didn’t even think of it. “On grass, I didn’t play well before the injury. “When I was coming back, I didn’t know what’s going to happen, if I can play at that level again,” said the 24-year-old.
Vondrousova lifted her first grand slam title just a year since she visited Wimbledon as a tourist with her racquet wrist in plaster after a second bout of surgery which she feared might threaten her career.
The left-hander from the Czech Republic, ranked only 42nd in the world, outplayed sixth seed Jabeur, of Tunisia, 6-4 6-4 in Saturday’s surprisingly one-sided final under the Centre Court roof.
Marketa Vondrousova has hailed her shock Wimbledon win as an “impossible” triumph after she became the first unseeded player ever to win the women’s title and left the shattered Ons Jabeur in tears.
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