Marketa Vondrousova wins 2023 Wimbledon women’ singles closing, defeating Ons Jabeur

Unseeded Marketa Vondrousova’s historic Wimbledon run has culminated with the Czechia underdog claiming the singles championship.

The left-hander surprised Tunisia’s Ons Jabeur 6-4 6-4 to win the Wimbledon girls’s singles closing on Saturday.

The 24-year-old grew to become the primary unseeded participant to win the Wimbledon girls’s singles title within the skilled period, leaving sixth seed Jabeur because the runner-up for the second successive yr.

She was the primary unseeded lady to make the ultimate since Billie Jean King in 1963.

Vondrousova trailed in every set however collected the final 4 video games of the primary, then the final three video games of the second.

The victory is her first grand slam title in her second closing.

Vondrousova made the French Open closing as a youngster in 2019, dropping to Australian Ash Barty.

Jabeur was bidding to develop into the primary Arab participant to win a grand slam title and the primary African lady to win one of many 4 majors.

The 28-year-old from Tunisia is the one Arab lady and solely North African lady to make it that far in singles at any grand slam match.

She has now misplaced all three main finals she has competed in, falling to Elena Rybakina on the All England Membership and Iga Swiatek on the US Open final yr.

“That is essentially the most painful lack of my profession,” she mentioned as she fought again tears.

Reuters/AP

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