Wimbledon 2023 results: Marketa Vondrousova beats Ons Jabeur in women's final

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Venue: All England Club Dates: 3-16 July
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Marketa Vondrousova became the archetypal unseeded subordinate to triumph the Wimbledon women's singles rubric successful the Open epoch arsenic Ons Jabeur's hold for a large goes on.

Vondrousova, 24, is ranked 42nd successful the satellite aft missing six months of past play with a wrist injury.

But the Czech handled the nerves of the juncture amended than 2022 runner-up Jabeur to triumph Saturday's last 6-4 6-4.

Sixth effect Jabeur, 28, has present mislaid each 3 large finals she has played in.

Vondrousova, who came to Wimbledon arsenic a instrumentality past twelvemonth wearing a formed aft wrist surgery, fell level connected her backmost arsenic the magnitude of what she had achieved sunk in.

"I don't cognize what is happening - it is an astonishing feeling," said Vondrousova, who bushed 5 seeded players to assistance the Venus Rosewater Dish.

After sharing a lukewarm clasp with Jabeur astatine the net, she knelt connected the writer again and looked adjacent to tears arsenic she drew the acclaim of the Centre Crowd crowd.

Then, arsenic is contented these days, she clambered up to the players' container to hug her squad and household - including hubby Stefan, who arrived successful London to ticker the last aft antecedently staying astatine location successful Prague to look aft their favored cat.

By contrast, Jabeur looked heartbroken arsenic she sat connected her seat with her caput bowed.

"This is very, precise tough. The astir achy nonaccomplishment of my career," said Jabeur, who mislaid past year's Wimbledon and US Open finals.

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