Ons Jabeur suffers more Wimbledon woe with loss to unseeded Marketa Vondrousova

Ons Jabeur has lost a second successive Wimbledon final after being beaten in straight sets by the unseeded Marketa Vondrousova on Centre Court on Saturday afternoon. The Tunisian was beaten 6-4, 6-4 having also lost to Elena Rybakina 12 months ago.

World No 42 Vondrousova becomes the first unseeded champion in the Open Era with what is her first Grand Slam triumph, having lost the French Open in 2019 as a teenager. She is the lowest-ranked woman to win Wimbledon ever and was the first unseeded woman to even play for the title at the All England Club in 60 years.

The Czech watched Wimbledon last year with her arm in her cast and There were emotional scenes on court and in her box as Vondrousova – who watched the tournament last year with her arm in a cast – was crowned champion.

Jabeur, too, was clearly emotional and fought back tears as she received her runners-up trophy from Princess Kate post-match. She told Annabel Croft: “This is very, very tough. I’m gonna look ugly in the photos, it’s not going to help! I think this is the most painful loss of my career.

“First I wanna say congratulations to Marketa and her team for this amazing tournament. You are an amazing player and I know you had a lot of injuries so I’m very happy for you. It’s going to be a tough day today for me but I’m not going to come back and I’m going to come back stronger.”

As well as the prestige of winning the grass-court Grand Slam, Vondrousova pockets a cool £2.135million for her victory.

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