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2024 Wimbledon

Krejcikova Beats Paolini for Women’s singles Title at Wimbledon

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LONDON, ENGLAND – JULY 10: Barbora Krejcikova of Czechia celebrates winning match point against Jelena Ostapenko of Latvia in the Ladies’ Singles Quarter Final match during day ten of The Championships Wimbledon 2024 at All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club on July 10, 2024 in London, England. (Photo by Sean M. Haffey/Getty Images)

(July 13, 2024) No. 31 Barbora Krejcikova of the Czech Republic defeated No, 7 Jasmine Paolini of Italy 6-2, 2-6, 6-4 on Saturday to win the women’s title at Wimbledon. It was her first Wimbledon singles final and title. The Czech won the French Open in 2021 and this Wimbledon crown is her second major title.

Krejcikova has won 10 major doubles titles and has a career doubles Grand Slam.

“It’s the best day of my tennis career and the best day of my life,” the Czech said on court.

“Nobody is gonna believe I won Wimbledon. I still cannot believe it,” said Krejcikova.

“She told me to go and win a Slam. I never dreamt I’d win the same title.” Krejcikova said of the late Jana Novotna, former top player Wimbledon winner.

Krejcikova wrote to Novotna who was one of her idols and left it at her home. The 1998 Wimbledon winner told Krejcikova that she had talent and to stick to playing tennis. Novotna became a mentor to her until she passed in 2017.

“Before she passed away,” Krejcikova said, “she told me to go and win a Slam.”

” I miss Jana a lot. It was just very, very emotional. … I think she would be proud.”

Krejcikova is the fifth Czech player to win the women’s title at Wimbledon in the Open Era after her one-time mentor Jana Novotna, Martina Navratilova, Petra Kvitova and last year’s champion Marketa Vondrousova.

Paolini: “The last two months have been crazy for me. Today I’m a little bit sad. I’ll try to keep smiling. I have to remember that today is still a good day.”

LONDON, ENGLAND – JULY 13: Barbora Krejcikova of Czechia poses for photographs with the Venus Rosewater Dish after defeating Jasmine Paolini in the Ladies’ Singles Final match during day thirteen of The Championships Wimbledon 2024 at All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club on July 13, 2024 in London, England. (Photo by Visionhaus/Getty Images)

Krejcikova ranked at No. 32 in the world, is the second-lowest-ranked player to win the Wimbledon women’s singles title since the WTA rankings began in 1975. 

“It’s unbelievable,” Krejcikova said, looking down at the gleaming Venus Rosewater Dish in her hands. “I’m standing here. I’m a Wimbledon winner.”

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Yulia Putintseva Stuns No. 1 Iga Swiatek in Third Round of Wimbledon

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LONDON, ENGLAND – JULY 06: Yulia Putintseva of Kazakhstan reacts to defeating Iga Swiatek of Poland in the third round on Day Six of The Championships Wimbledon 2024 at All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club on July 06, 2024 in London, England (Photo by Robert Prange/Getty Images)

(July 6, 2024) World No. 35 Yulia Putintseva ended No. 1 Iga Swiatek’s 21-match win streak on Saturday when the Kazakh rallied to beat the Pole 3-6, 6-1, 6-2 in the third round of Wimbledon on Saturday.

The victory was her first against the world No. 1 and puts Putintseva in the Wimbledon round of 16 for the first time.

“At some point I was playing fearless,” Putintseva said. “I was just, I can do it, I have to believe 100 percent, I have nothing to lose, just go for it. Also my coach told me, no matter which shot you’re doing, believe 100 percent and just follow.

“It’s when the turning point happened, I start to play really, really good. I think today I’m happy, extra happy, because she didn’t lose it; I took it.”

Just two weeks ago Putintseva won a Wimbledon warm-up grass court tournament, at Rothesay Classic in Birmingham. She now has an 8- match win streak.

“Honestly, the title in Birmingham give me a lot of confident that I can play and I can be good on grass,” Putintseva said, “because before that my statistic on grass wasn’t that successful. Let’s put it that way. Last year I won no matches on grass.

“Entering the tournament like Wimbledon, when you have five consecutive wins on grass, it’s pretty good. You feel this surface much, much better.”

“Going from this kind of tennis, where I felt like I’m playing the best tennis in my life, to another surface, where I kind of struggle a little bit more, it’s not easy,” said Swiatek in her news conference. “All that stuff really combines to me not really having a good time in Wimbledon.”

Putintseva will face 2017 Roland Garros champion, the 13th seed Jelena Ostapenko for a spot in the quarterfinals on Monday.

“I feel like on grass I need little bit more of that energy to keep being patient and accept some mistakes,” Swiatek said. “Like mentally, I didn’t really do that well on this tournament. I need to recover better after clay court season, both physically and mentally.”
 
“I literally came back to work — not tennis-wise, but off-court stuff — and I shouldn’t have done that. Maybe next year I’m going to take a vacation and literally just do nothing.”

“My tank of really pushing myself to the limits became, suddenly, empty,” she said. “I was kind of surprised.”

“I felt like I underachieved a little bit,” Swiatek said. “But it’s tennis, so you have to move on. I’ll have many more chances this year to show my game. I’ll just focus on that.”

Next tournament for Swiatek will be the Olympic Games.

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Carlos Alcaraz and Coco Gauff Dominate in Second-Round Wins at Wimbledon

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LONDON, UNITED KINGDOM – JULY 3: Carlos Alcaraz of Spain celebrates during his Gentlemen’s Singles second round match against Aleksandar Vukic of Australia during day three of The Championships Wimbledon 2024 at All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club on July 3, 2024 in London, United Kingdom. (Photo by Stringer/Anadolu via Getty Images)

(July 3, 2024) No. 2 Coco Gauff and No. 3 Carlos Alcaraz showed no mercy to their opponents on Wednesday at The Championships, Wimbledon.

The 20-year-old American Gauff demolished qualifier Anca Todoni 6-2, 6-1 to advance to the third round at the All England Club. Just a year ago, Gauff lost in the first round at Wimbledon, this year she is one of the favorites,

“This is the court where I first started here at Wimbledon. Court 1 is always a special place for me to play on,” she said in her on-court interview.

“Overall, I just learned about life a lot,” she said reflecting on last year’s early ouster.

“I just realized that, yes, what I do I’m very passionate about, but it’s not ever that serious and sometimes the world can make you feel like there’s so much pressure, there’s so much expectation,” she said. “At the end of the (day), it’s a game. It’s sport.”

Five years ago at 15, she beat one of her idols, Venus Williams in the first round of Wimbledon.

Defending champion Alcaraz rallied from 6-5 down in the first set to beat Aleksander Vukic 7-6 (5), 6-2, 6-2. This sets up a third-round meeting with American No. 29 Frances Tiafoe after the American eliminated Borna Coric 7-6 (5), 6-1, 6-3.

In his on-court interview, Alcaraz was told that Tiafoe stated that he was “coming after you. The 21-year-old Spaniard, responded: “I’m going for him.” The two met in the semifinals of the 2022 US Open.

“We played a really good match in the US Open,” Alcaraz said.

In other men’s matches played on Wednesday, and all-Italian battle had No. 1 Jannik Sinner best 2021 Wimbledon finalist Matteo Berrettini in four sets.

A few seeds on the men’s side lost on Wednesday, they included No. 8 Casper Ruud, No. 17 Felix Auger-Aliassime, No. 26 Francisco Cerundolo, No. 27 Tallon Griekspoor and No. 32 Zhizeng Zhang.

Former No. 1 Naomi Osaka, on the road to a comeback after having a baby a year ago lost No. 19 seeded Emma Navarro of the United States in straight sets in the second round.

An upset on the ladies’ side of the draw included No. 25 Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova.

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No. 2 Coco Gauff Starts Off 2024 Wimbledon with a Dominating Win Over Countrywoman: No. 7 Paolini and No. 9 Sakkari Advance, No. 8 Zheng Ousted

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Coco Gauff in action against Caroline Dolehide (not pictured) on day one of the 2024 Wimbledon Championships at the All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club, London. Picture date: Monday July 1, 2024. (Photo by John Walton/PA Images via Getty Images)

(July 1, 2024) No. 2 Coco Gauff waltzed into the second round of Wimbledon with a 6-1, 6-2 win over friend and countrywoman Caroline Dolehide. Just last year Gauff lost to Sofia Kenin in the first round of the All-England Club.

“Oh, man, I wish a year ago, me after that match could see me now,” Gauff told media last week. “That was a tough moment for me. I think the first two, three weeks after that, I was really in a dark place.”

“I’m really happy that I was able to get through today,” Gauff said in her on-court interview. “I’m a little bit emotional but it’s been a long year.”

Top ten players No. 7 Jasmine Paolini of Italy and No 9 Maria Sakkari of Greece advance to the second round of Wimbledon. Paolini beat Spain’s Sara Sorribes Tormo 7-5, 6-3, while Sakkari won 6-3, 6-1 victory over American qualifier McCartney Kessler. For Paolini, it was her first match win at Wimbledon of her career.

LONDON, ENGLAND – JULY 01: Lulu Sun of New Zealand serves in the Women’s Singles first round match against Qinwen Zheng of China during day one of The Championships Wimbledon 2024 at All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club on July 01, 2024 in London, England. (Photo by Shi Tang/Getty Images)

In the women’s upset of the day, No. 8 seed Qinwen Zheng was ousted by No.123 Lulu Sun won a 4-6, 6-2, 6-4 victory over No.8 seed.

Naomi Osaka won her first match at Wimbledon in six years. She posted a 6-1, 1-6, 6-4 win over Diane Parry in the first round at the All England Club by taking the last two games from 4-all in the third set. “It’s funny, because Wimbledon was the first tournament I watched after pregnancy.” Osaka’s daughter will turn one on Tuesday. “I’m just really excited to be here,” said the woman from Japan.

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