Marketa Vondrousova, ranked 42nd in the world, wins Wimbledon

Vondrousova trailed in each set but collected the last four games of the first, then the last three games of the second

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Vondrousova was sidelined from April to October because of that injury and finished 2022 ranked just 99th

They traded early breaks of serve and it was 2-all after 23 minutes. They again traded breaks,

The crowd was pulling for the popular Jabeur, nicknamed the Minister of Happiness

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This is her first Grand Slam title. She lost in the final of the 2019 French Open as a teenager

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All England Club and to No. 1 I Swiatek at the U.S. Open last year.

All England Club in 60 years — the last, 1963 runner-up Billie Jean King, was seated in the front row of the Royal Box on Saturday alongside Kate, the Princess of Wales.

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She was 1-4 in previous appearances at Wimbledon, only once making it as far as the second round on its grass courts,

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Vondrousova overcame that blip and, with her husband on hand for the first time during the tournament, she surged to the finish.

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