LONDON: Marketa Vondrousova placed a backhand volley into an open court on her second championship point. A winner. She clenched her fist and fell on her back. The 24-year-old was on the grass for a few seconds, before getting back on her feet and embracing her opponent Ons Jabeur.
Then slowly, a towel wrapped over her shoulders, she went up to her box, which had grown considerably from the two-member entourage at the start of the tournament to what appeared like a whole neighbourhood.
