Marketa Vondrousova - The African Mirror

Jul

2023

Unseeded Vondrousova stuns Jabeur to win Wimbledon title

CZECH Marketa Vondrousova left Tunisia's Ons Jabeur heartbroken once again as she claimed a surprise 6-4 6-4 victory to become the first unseeded player to win the Wimbledon women's singles title. The 24-year-old left-hander, who a year ago needed wrist surgery, proved too steady for the error-strewn Jabeur who ended up as runner-up as she did in 2022. Jabeur, beaten by Elena Rybakina last year and by Iga Swiatek in the 2022 U.S. Open final, was bidding to become the first Arab player to win a Grand Slam title and the first African woman to lift one of the four…

Jul

2023

By MARTYN HERMAN

An African in the Wimbledon final!

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TUNISIA'S Ons Jabeur believes the lessons she learned in two Grand Slam final defeats will stand her in good stead for Saturday's Wimbledon showdown with unseeded Czech Marketa Vondrousova. Jabeur showed incredible endurance on Thursday to absorb the brutal power of second seed Aryna Sabalenka to claim a 6-7(5) 6-4 6-3 victory after trailing by a set and 4-2. She is now back in a position she found herself in at last year's Wimbledon and the U.S. Open, requiring one win to become the first African woman as well as the first Arab to win a major. "Last year was my…

Jul

2021

By The African Mirror

Olympics-Storm lurks over Tokyo, Osaka out of Games

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OSSIAN SHINE WIND and rain have buffeted the Tokyo region causing delays to Olympic competition and event rescheduling, while tennis superstar Naomi Osaka exited the Games after she was beaten in the third round of the singles tournament. Osaka, who lit the Olympic cauldron on Friday to open the Games, was swiped aside by Czech Marketa Vondrousova in a match where the Japanese player seemed out of sorts and never settled into a rhythm. "I think it's maybe because I haven't played in an Olympics before and for the first one to be here was a bit much," Osaka said.…