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Barbora Krejcikova with Wimbledon trophy (Source: X)
Barbora Krejcikova added another Grand Slam title to her trophy cabinet after winning the Wimbledon 2024 on Saturday (July 13). She defeated 7th seed Jasmine Paolini 6-2, 2-6, 6-4 in a thrilling final to become the fourth female tennis player from the Czech Republic to win Wimbledon.
Three years ago in 2021, Krejcikova fulfilled her childhood dream of winning the French Open. When she was 12, she had written in a notebook that she wanted to win Roland-Garros. But now that she has lifted the Wimbledon trophy, the 28-year-old has declared it the best moment of her life.
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Things shifted a bit when I met Jana: Krejcikova emphasises later mentor Novotna's influence on her career
During an interview after her historic win, Krejcikova revealed that she went through that old notebook three to four months ago. Today, she has achieved something that she did not even think was possible in her wildest childhood dreams, a success she credited to her late mentor, Jana Novotna.
“Winning any slam is great. Winning here at the Wimbledon is huge for me. I wouldn’t really say it was like my dream when I was little. I have like a notebook that I wrote when I was 12. I don’t know, maybe like three, four months ago I was looking through that notebook,” Krejcikova said.
“I had there that in future… I’d like to win the French Open… Maybe things shifted a bit when I met Jana and when she was telling me stories about Wimbledon, grass, how difficult it was for her to win the title and how emotional she was when she actually made it.
“I think since then I started to see the Wimbledon like the biggest tournament in the world,” she added.
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12 year old Barbora would be proud today. 🫶 #Wimbledon pic.twitter.com/RgF11xnYUB
— Tennis Channel (@TennisChannel) July 13, 2024
Notably, Novotna, who died in 2017 after a battle with cancer, was the 1998 Wimbledon champion. Krejcikova was sad that Novotna was not here to see her success. However, the veteran Czech star will be happy and proud from the top to witness her girl's historic victory.