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Simon Cambers at Wimbledon

‘I want to make a difference’: Noskova looks forward to life after Wimbledon triumph

Linda Noskova holds the Wimbledon trophy after her victory in the women's singles final
Wimbledon women’s champion Linda Noskova worked as a volunteer at a school in Zanzibar last December. Photograph: Tom Jenkins/The Guardian

Most new Wimbledon champions have a bucket list of things they want to do, gifts they would like to buy themselves or family, or even future goals of winning more grand slam titles. But Linda Noskova is not your average first-time major winner.

The 21-year-old Czech is surely the first woman to win Wimbledon with a nose ring – “I was maybe counting a little bit [on] someone having some things to say about it, but no one said anything bad” – but she intends to use her newfound platform for good.

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