Markéta Vondroušová has created history by becoming the first unseeded player to win the Wimbledon. She defeated Ons Jabeur 6-4 6-4 on Saturday.

Vondrousova, 24, joined a lengthy list of Czech-born women who have won the sport’s most coveted trophy, dating back to Martina Navratilova’s dominance of Wimbledon in the 1980s after Navratilova had left her country for America.

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Vondrousova, a left-handed player like Navratilova, employed a wicked slice serve all afternoon long in the crucial situations when Jabeur was attempting to seize control of the match or build yet another comeback.

Jabeur’s defeat in the Wimbledon final for the second time in a row to a competitor who had accomplished considerably less than the previous ladies she defeated on her road to tennis history was nothing short of tragic.

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Jabeur has now dropped three of her previous five Grand Slam finals, coming up just short of becoming the first African woman and person of Arab origin to take home the sport’s most prestigious trophy.

Jabeur got out to a quick start, regularly breaking Vondrousova’s serve in the opening set. She started off in good shape, but after taking a 4-2 lead in the first set, she started to lose control. She started hitting forehands into the net and floating backhands past the baseline.

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Before she knew it, she had dropped her serve to begin the second set and was down a set. Vondrousova was playing the ball well and whipping curling, spinning shots that were very different from the force that Jabeur had been up against in her most recent encounters.

Jabeur regained her composure and even stormed to a second set lead at 3-1, but things quickly fell apart again as she had trouble finding the court and was hitting too many balls towards the centre of the net. She dropped five of the final six games, and as the Czech player became the new Wimbledon champion.