Defending Wimbledon champion Marketa Vondrousova suffered an harm scare on the worst potential time because the Czech tennis star was pressured to retire from her Berlin round-of-16 harm resulting from a leg harm.
On Thursday, No. 5 seed Vondrousova was taking part in in opposition to Anna Kalinskaya within the Berlin round-of-16 and main 5-3 when she slipped on the grass and appeared to clutch her proper hip. Vondrousova immediately began grimacing – and after taking an off-court medical time-out – she tried to proceed the match, solely to retire two video games later with the rating being tied to 5 video games apiece.
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For Vondrousova, sustaining an harm simply lower than 10 days earlier than the beginning of her Wimbledon title protection was definitely one thing she completely did not wish to occur. Now, Vondrousova will probably do some assessments to find out the severity of her harm after which it will likely be clearer whether or not or not her Wimbledon participation is in actual jeopardy.
Vondrousova turned a Grand Slam champion at Wimbledon final 12 months
Vondrousova, who completed as runner-up to Ashleigh Barty within the 2019 French Open closing, made her second Grand Slam closing eventually 12 months’s Wimbledon closing. However this time, the 24-year-old Czech managed to grow to be a Grand Slam champion after beating Ons Jabeur 6-4 6-4.
Afterward, Vondrousova was in disbelief and she or he admitted that not in her wildest goals she thought that her maiden Slam win would come at Wimbledon.
“I used to be a vacationer right here. Yeah, once I was coming again, I didn’t know what’s going to occur, if I can play at that degree once more. I imply, this appears unattainable. On grass, I didn’t play nicely earlier than. I believe it was probably the most unattainable Grand Slam for me to win, so I didn’t even consider it. After we got here, I used to be identical to, ‘Attempt to win a few matches.’ Now this occurred, it’s loopy,” Vondrousova confessed after her Wimbledon win.
It stays to be seen if Vondrousova will have the ability to defend her Wimbledon title this 12 months.
