MARKETA Vondrousova caused more Centre Court heartache for Ons Jabeur as she became the first unseeded winner of the Wimbledon women’s singles championship.
The 24-year-old Prague battler joined an illustrious yet small list of Czech Republic left-handers to lift the Venus Rosewater Dish following a 6-4 6-4 victory over Tunisian trailblazer Jabeur.
This time twelve months ago, the world No.42 was not even involved in the Wimbledon main draw and had to watch the action off a TV set.
She was in London last July but only as a tourist while recuperating from wrist surgery and also planning the last details for a wedding, the one-year anniversary of which is on Sunday.
It is remarkable that more than a year after undergoing wrist surgery to clear out some ‘floating bones’ she was here on the big stage, lifting a major title for the first time and falling to her knees in celebration.