Marketa Vondrousova plans to rejoice with beer and a brand new tattoo after turning into one of the crucial unlikely of Wimbledon champions.
The Prague-based, 24-year-old Czech received 6-4 6-4 in opposition to the overwhelming crowd favorite Ons Jabeur to grow to be the primary unseeded participant to win the Wimbledon ladies’s title.
Asked on court docket how she would rejoice her victory, a smiling Vondrousova mentioned: “I think I’m going to have some beer maybe. It was an exhausting two weeks, and I was getting myself together the last few days. I was so nervous before this game.”
Vondrousova, whose husband Stepan Simek arrived from Prague in time for the ultimate, having been on cat-sitting responsibility again dwelling, has a group of tattoos on her arms.
She was pondering of getting one other one to rejoice a memorable fortnight in London and mentioned her coach Jan Hernych can be getting inked too after a pre-match pledge.
“I made a bet with my coach. He said if I win a grand slam, he’s going to get one also. So I think we’re going to go tomorrow,” she mentioned.
Vondrousova turned the primary girl to succeed in two grand slam finals as a non-seed, having misplaced the French Open remaining to Ash Barty in 2019 when she was 19.
Since then it has been an up-and-down trip, that includes a silver medal on the Tokyo Olympics in 2021 however with just one match win at Wimbledon in 4 earlier visits.
But the timing of her win might hardly have been higher.
“It’s amazing, tomorrow is our first anniversary of our wedding. It’s amazing to have you guys being here with me,” she mentioned trying as much as Simek and members of the family in her field, though her mom Jindriska had most popular to look at on tv at dwelling.
She was shocked later to see Stepan shed a tear, particularly as he had been remarkably calm all through the competition.
“I think when I came to the box, he cried. I saw him after, and he cried a lot. I think that’s the first emotion I saw in him over the eight years,” she advised reporters.
“I think he cried on the wedding day also, but that was it.”
With a cheque for Stg 2.3 million ($A4.4 million) within the financial institution, Vondrousova mentioned she would purchase some “nice fish” for her pet cat, Frankie.
“I think she doesn’t really care what’s happening, but, yeah, I’m going to buy her something good,” sh laughed.
Source: www.perthnow.com.au
