“I think everything is sinking in right now…this crazy journey,” Marketa Vondrousova laughingly said after winning her first grand slam on Centre Court at Wimbledon. she just wanted to play as best she could when taking the court with Ons Jabeur.
Ons is the Tunisian charismatic WTA player ranked no. 6 but oftentimes plays like a higher leveled tour performer. She usually has many skills and tools that she’ll pull out to score points and games of victory. This wasn’t on of those times.
Marketa and Ons come from different parts of the world and section of the WTA touring women players. Ons is used to performing and coming out victorious often under pressure from mental and physical components. She wants to help her people in Tunisia learn and enjoy the sport of tennis and contribut any way to their well being.
Marketa comes from the Czech Republic and not so much impinged on having her country focus on tennis and having a direct hand intheir understanding and enjoyment of the game. It would be on rare occasions Ons Jabeur would bow at a first round of any tournament.
It was purely by coincidence as the season started that she loss in the second round at the Australian Open to…