Barbora Krejcikova: Surprising Wimbledon winner crowned

Barbora Krejcikova: Surprising Wimbledon winner crowned

groundbreaking victory: Czech Krejcikova triumphs for the first time in Wimbledon

The tennis world was quiet when the talented Barbora Krejcikova won the Wimbledon title for the first time. With an exciting game, the 28-year-old Czech defeated the Italian Jasmine Paolini 6: 2, 2: 6, 6: 4 in a surprise final. This marked Krejcikova's second Grand Slam victory after she had previously won the French Open in 2021

The victory was not only a personal triumph for Krejcikova, but also a historic moment in her tennis career. In doing so, she follows the footsteps of her compatriot Marketa VonDrousova and secured prize money of impressive 3.2 million euros. Paolini, the first Italian player who has ever made it to the final of a lawn grand slam tournament, received almost 1.7 million euros.

Paolini was already in the final of the French Open a month ago, but was defeated by the Polish world rankings Iga Swiatek. Despite this defeat, she demonstrated her strength and struggled to the final of Wimbledon, which underlines her impressive performance.

The focus is now on the upcoming final of the men, in which Spanish defending champion Carlos Alcaraz competes against seven -time Wimbledon winner Novak Djokovic from Serbia. The tension increases because Djokovic will try to defend his title and Alcaraz tries to prove that he is rightly one of the best players in the world.

- Nag