Tue. Nov 5th, 2024
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Unseeded Marketa Vondrousova completed an improbable run through the All England Club winning her first Grand Slam championship beating Ons Jabeur 6-4, 6-4 on Saturday.

Vondrousova, who came into the tournament ranked No. 42 in the world, fell to the grass court in tears after winning match point. She will surge into the Top 10 when the new WTA rankings are released on Monday after beating Jabeur for the third time this year.

Vondrousova, a 24-year-old from the Czech Republic, lost in the 2019 French Open final to Ashleigh Barty and was the first unseeded finalist at Wimbledon since 1963 when Billie Jean King accomplished the feat. It is the first Wimbledon tournament where she advanced past the second round, and she is the first unseeded Wimbledon women’s champion in the Open Era.

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