Marketa Vondrousova of the Czech Republic becomes the first unseeded tennis player in 60 years to reach Wimbledon women's final, crushing the title dreams of Ukraine's Elina Svitolina
Vondrousova says the Ukrainian was "incredible", "amazing", "a fighter" and "a super woman" for reaching the last four of a Grand Slam nine months after giving birth to daughter Skai. / Photo: AFP
But that did not stop Vondrousova ending Svitolina's dreams and she now stands one win away from completing her own phenomenal comeback story after two wrist surgeries following her runner-up finish at the French Open in 2019. "I didn't play for six months last year and you never know if you can be at that level again. I'm just so grateful to be here and to be healthy and play tennis again," added the 24-year-old, who had fallen so far off the tennis radar that she has been playing at this year's championships without a clothing sponsor.
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