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KREJCIKOVA RULES WIMBLEDON
The Philippine Star
|July 15, 2024
CZECH POCKETS SECOND GRAND SLAM TITLE
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LONDON (AFP) – Barbora Krejcikova of the Czech Republic defeated Italy’s Jasmine Paolini to win the Wimbledon women’s title on Saturday for her second Grand Slam singles triumph.
Krejcikova, the 31st seed, won 6-2, 2-6, 6-4 to add the 2024 All England Club crown to her 2021 French Open victory.
Her win comes 26 years after her mentor Jana Novotna, who died of cancer in 2017, claimed the Wimbledon title.
This story is from the July 15, 2024 edition of The Philippine Star.
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