Wimbledon champion Barbora Krejcikova welcomes unpredictability in women’s game

Barbora Krejcikova is a fan of the unpredictability in ladies’s tennis after she turned a nightmare season round to change into the newest shock Wimbledon champion.

The Czech’s three-set victory over Jasmine Paolini made her the eighth totally different winner of the ladies’s singles in as a few years, with the final seven all first-time champions on the All England Membership.

“I believe it’s thrilling,” mentioned Krejcikova. “I believe the women’ tennis proper now, everybody is aware of how one can play and I believe it’s good.

“I prefer it this fashion. It’s very unpredictable and I believe it’s totally different. It’s good that everyone has that potential and might consider they are often the subsequent slam champion.”

Krejcikova isn’t any stranger to grand slam finals having received 10 titles in doubles and her first singles crown on the French Open three years in the past.

However she got here into Wimbledon on the again of a really tough run having struggled with harm and sickness.

Since reaching the quarter-finals of the Australian Open in January, Krejcikova had received simply three of her 10 singles matches previous to a three-hour battle in opposition to Veronika Kudermetova within the first spherical right here.

She totally merited her victory, coming by way of a tricky draw that noticed her beat 4 top-15 opponents, together with former champion Elena Rybakina within the semi-finals.

“It wasn’t actually an excellent journey coming right here,” mentioned Krejcikova. “It was a really powerful interval.

“I went match by match. I used to be simply combating by way of. I advised myself that I’ll do every part to play the ball again and to struggle for each ball and see how far I can go.”

Krejcikova has taken her thoughts off tennis throughout her time in London by stitching and constructing Lego units.

“I can flip off my mind and simply take into consideration one thing else.” she mentioned. “I like all of the bricks. The extra little it’s, the higher it’s.”

The Czech notably likes the structure units and is hoping Lego will begin promoting a mannequin of Centre Courtroom.

“I’d love that, I’d construct that,” she mentioned. “I hope they are going to.”

Krejcikova’s celebrations should be temporary as a result of she is entered into the Prague Open starting on July 21 and has her eyes on one other huge prize later this month when the Olympics happen in Paris.

The 28-year-old already has a gold medal in ladies’s doubles with Katerina Siniakova from Tokyo, and the pair will probably be among the many favourites once more at Roland Garros.

“I’m undoubtedly going to have a good time however I even have one other match I wish to play in Prague,” mentioned Krejcikova. “It’s my dwelling nation match so I wish to be there.

“Then after that the Olympics. It’s additionally an enormous objective for me to take part there and symbolize the Czech Republic. I like to symbolize my nation.

“I skilled the Tokyo Olympics and it was one thing unbelievable, I actually loved the environment within the Czech home and in addition assembly different athletes from totally different nations.

“It was very good, undoubtedly totally different to a daily tennis match. I’m actually wanting ahead to that.”