Marketa Vondrousova get back to Wimbledon where last year he achieved the most important and certainly unexpected victory of his career. Vondrousova he spoke on the eve of his defense of the 2023 title won in the final on Ons Jabeur.
In the media day she spoke about her unforgettable tournament last year: “I arrived here playing without any kind of stress. I thought about maybe trying to win a couple of games. In the third round, after winning, I felt that I could still do something, I started to appreciate lawn tennis a little and I also learned to move a little better.”
Vondrousova: “Honestly my life hasn’t changed much after my success at Wimbledon”
“I never thought I would win the tournamenteven before the semi-finals it was something that had never crossed my mind.
I was going game by game, I didn’t think about winning at all. I think the first thought that I could win the tournament came when I broke Our Jabeur in the second set of the final when he was serving to win the match.
It was crazy to win because we didn’t expect it at all, my whole team didn’t expect it. When I played the final of Roland Garros in 2019, I lost. I was very sad and we didn’t celebrate at all.
I thought that if it happened again, even if I lost the final, I would want to enjoy it and celebrate. The truth is that I enjoyed the whole match, the whole final“. The Czech player is currently number 6 in the world and as per tradition on Tuesday she will open the program on Central as reigning champion: “It’s something I’m thinking about, obviously.
I’m not stressed yet, but maybe tension will come. On Friday I trained on CentralI can’t wait to go back there. I have good memories, we’ll see what happens, I feel good”. On how her life has changed with the success at Wimbledon Vondrousova He keeps a very low profile: “Honestly, my life hasn’t changed much.
It happened. I thought, “Okay, now you’re Wimbledon champion.” Maybe it changed more for the people around me. They look at you differently, it also happens in tournaments. Now I have the trophy at home, I look at it and think: “Yes, this happened but I don’t think that winning one Slam should change you as a person.”
I don’t consider myself a Wimbledon champion, I consider myself Marketnot the winner of this tournament.”
