In the five months between the end of the Australian Open and the start of Wimbledon, Barbora Krejcikova won just three singles matches. She had fallen into a brutal cycle of illnesses, injuries and pitiful form and, at times, it seemed like there was no way out. She arrived in SW19 with low expectations, still just trying to find her feet again.
But things can change so quickly in tennis; just a few key wins can build enough confidence for a player’s game to suddenly flow as if nothing had ever been wrong. That process has played out in full for Krejcikova over the past fortnight and by the time she arrived in her first Wimbledon singles final, she was ready.
