Czech star Marketa Vondrousova stunned favourite Ons Jabeur on Saturday to become the first unseeded player to win the women’s singles title at Wimbledon in the Open era
Marketa Vondrousova reckons she and Emma Raducanu have shown in the last 19 months that the sky is the limit for anyone in women’s tennis.
Czech ace Vondrousova became the first unseeded player to lift the Venus Rosewater Dish on Saturday when she beat Ons Jabeur 6-4, 6-4. While Raducanu was the first qualifier to win the US Open when she triumphed in New York in September 2021.
âAsked if her and Raducanu’s endeavours showed anything is possible, Vondrousova said: “Yes. I feel like everybody is playing such great tennis that it doesn’t matter whether you are 70 or 20, anyone can beat anyone. Every match here was very tough and I don’t think it depends if it’s top 10 or someone who is 90, it’s very tough.”
âIronically, Raducanu was the last person to beat Vondrousova in SW19, winning their second-round match in 2021. The Brit defeated Vitalia Diatchenko, Vondrousova and Sorana Cirstea in a surprise run to the fourth round, eventually losing to Ajla Tomljanovic.