One of the biggest surprises of the 2020 Olympics was Marketa Vondrousova, but she won’t be playing at this year’s Olympic Games in Paris. The Czech player has had a very interesting career so far. She was fairly young when she shockingly made the Roland Garros final many years ago in 2019. That run proved…
Day 2 at Wimbledon saw the defending champion up-ended in the 1st-round as a a physically hampered Marketa Vondrousova lost to 21-year old Spaniard, Jessica Bouzas Maneiro on Centre Court. This will be a day that Bouzas Maneiro will never forget, after she pulled off a seismic shock to oust Vondrousova, 6-4 6-2, in just…
Defending Wimbledon Champs Losing In The Opening Round – Marketa Vondrousova Joins The Club – World Tennis Magazine
By Richard Pagliaro | @Tennis_Now | Tuesday, July 2, 2024Photo credit: Rob Newell/CameraSport Self-doubt stuck to Marketa Vondrousova as tight as the tattoos adorning her arms. Reigning Wimbledon champion Vondrousova couldn’t shake the nerves or the bold strikes coming from Jessica Bouzas Maneiro’s racquet. More: Shoulder Injury Knocks Sabalenka Out of Wimbledon In her Wimbledon main-draw debut, Bouzas Maneiro…
At the ecotrans Ladies Open in Berlin, reigning Wimbledon champion Marketa Vondrousova began her grass-court campaign by defeating qualifier Rebeka Masarova from Spain, 6-4 6-3, on Monday. The No 5 seed from the Czech Republic was the lone seeded player in action on Day 1, and she saved 4 of the 5 break points she…
As Coco Gauff opened her grass court campaign with a win over Ekaterina Alexandrova at the ecotrans Ladies Open in Berlin on Thursday, Marketa Vondrousova slipped on the grass against Anna Kalinskaya and was forced to retire injured, putting her title defense at Wimbledon in jeopardy. Aryna Sabalenka, Elena Rybakina, and Jessica Pegula all safely…
Saturday at the Foro Italico in Rome Iga Swiatek had to dig herself out of a second set hole to survive Yulia Putintseva and book herself a place in the 4th-round of the Internazionali BNL d’Italia, while Coco Gauff found herself bagelled in the middle set before seeing off Jaqueline Cristian, and Zheng Qinwen had…
Iga Swiatek If anyone doubts Iga Swiatek’s intent to win the French Open for a 4th time, her demolition of 5th-seeded Marketa Vondrousova on Tuesday will have put these to rest. I’m happy that my game is getting better and better every day, and I [felt] pretty confident today. I try not to really focus…
Gauff sets up Last 8 meeting with Jabeur Iga Swiatek is a woman on a mission, storming into the French Open quarter-finals after delivering a double-bagel to Anastasia Potapova on Sunday, while Coco Gauff limited her opponent, Elisabetta Cocciaretto, to just 3 games in total. “I felt comfortable. You just go with it because there’s…
