Barbora Krejcikova

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Miałem swoje momenty zwątpienia, ale też nie przesadzajmy - cały świat tenisowy od początku czuł, że Czeszka jest tutaj tak naprawdę jedyną faworytką do tytułu.

Nie no daj spokój, teraz to wszyscy mąrzy po fakcie.

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KREJCIKOVA CROWNED QUEEN OF PARIS

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World No.33 is the first Czech woman to win singles at Roland-Garros since 1981


©Corinne Dubreuil/FFT
Barbora Krejcikova capped a dream fortnight in Paris with a 6-1, 2-6, 6-4 victory over No.31 seed Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova to become the first Czech woman to win the Roland-Garros singles title since Hana Mandlikova in 1981.

The world No.33, who could sweep both singles and doubles titles in Paris should she triumph alongside her partner Katerina Siniakova in the doubles final on Sunday, needed one hour and 58 minutes to overcome her Russian opponent and lift her maiden singles major trophy.


A champion in Strasbourg on the eve of Roland-Garros, Krejcikova extended her current winning streak to 12 consecutive matches.

She was ranked 114 in singles when she made her first run to a Grand Slam fourth round in Paris eight months ago and is now the Roland-Garros champion -- a remarkable rise for the former doubles No.1.

>> MORE ON KREJCIKOVA'S CROWNING MOMENT HERE

Krejcikova paid tribute to her late coach Jana Novotna, who passed away after a battle with cancer at the age of 49 in November 2017.

"I cannot believe what just happened, I cannot believe that I actually won a Grand Slam," an emotional Krejcikova said on court.

"I was going through a really hard time when Jana was passing away, I was most of the time her, and I really wanted to experience this because I thought it's just going to make me really strong. Pretty much her last words were, 'Just enjoy and just try to win a Grand Slam. I know that from somewhere she's looking out for me and all of this, what happened these two weeks is because she is just looking after me probably and I just want to really thank her.

"It's amazing that I had a chance to meet her and that she was such an inspiration for me. I just really miss her but I hope she's happy right now and I'm extremely happy."

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B.KREJCIKOVA
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NET POINTS WON
11/15 (73%)
2/6 (33%)
BREAK POINTS WON
6/14 (43%)
5/12 (42%)
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UNFORCED ERRORS
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This is the sixth straight year Paris has crowned a first-time Grand Slam women's singles champion. The past 15 majors have witnessed nine different maiden Slam winners.

Making just her fifth main-draw singles appearance at a Slam, the 25-year-old Krejcikova dropped serve in the opening game of the contest before racing to take the next six games and claim a one-set lead inside 30 minutes.

Pavlyuchenkova struck back though, carving out a 5-1 gap in the second set.

Serving to level the match, Pavlyuchenkova saw a set point slip away and got broken as Krejcikova cut her deficit to 2-5.

Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova, Roland Garros 2021, final
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The Russian then received a medical timeout during the changeover for what appeared to be a left upper thigh problem. The No.31 seed broke Krejcikova upon resumption of play to secure the set on the 73-minute mark and force a decider.

The pair traded breaks early in the final set before Krejcikova sent a forehand cross-court for a clean winner that earned her a break-to-love in game seven.

Pavlyuchenkova saved two championship points on her own serve to hold for 4-5 but it only delayed Krejcikova's crowning moment, as she served out the victory a few minutes later.

https://www.rolandgarros.com/en-us/arti ... nal-report

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Jeszcze debla ogarnęła.

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Jak cudownie, że również w ATP ten szlem to oaza bezkrólewia.