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Vondrousova writes her own happy ending at Wimbledon to leave Jabeur in tears

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LONDON : When Marketa Vondrousova punched away a volley and fell to the ground after completing one of the most unexpected runs to the Wimbledon title, a jumble of thoughts must have been running through her head.After all, Saturday was meant to be the day when Tunisian sixth seed Ons Jabeur would finally become the first Arab and first African woman to win a Grand Slam title.Instead, a distraught Jabeur was left with tears streaming down her face as her Wimbledon dream was wrecked in the final for the second year running with a 6-4 6-4 drubbing.In stark contrast, Vondrousova knelt down on the grass in her moment of triumph - staring at the turf that until this fortnight had not brought her much joy.The Czech left-hander had won only one match at the All England Club before this year and 12 months ago she had come to London as a tennis tourist with her arm and elbow in a plaster cast as she recovered from a second bout of wrist surgery.Her time out from the sport meant that she fell so far off the tennis radar that she no longer even had a clothing sponsor.But the 42nd-ranked Czech put those problems behind her to become the first unseeded woman to lift the Venus Rosewater Dish as she completed her own phenomenal comeback story."I don't know what's happening right now," Vondrousova said during the presentation ceremony as she was given a standing ovation by a 15,000-strong capacity Centre Court crowd that included tennis greats Billie Jean King and Martina Navratilova."Ons, you are such an inspiration for all of us and I hope you will win this one day; you are an amazing person. "This time last year I had a cast on so it's amazing that I can now stand here and hold this (trophy), it's crazy," added the Czech, whose

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Marketa Vondrousova described tennis as «crazy» as the new Wimbledon champion reflected on her recovery from injury to take the SW19 title. In landing her maiden Grand Slam title, the Czech became the first unseeded female player to triumph at the All England Club as she completed a comfortable 6-4 6-4 victory over an emotional and out-of-sorts Ons Jabeur. Ad «I don't really know what is happening now, it is an amazing feeling,» Vondrousova said on Centre Court, before paying tribute to her opponent.

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