Inspired by her compatriot’s love of and success at SW19, the Czech has ticked off another item on her bucket list
At the age of 12, Barbora Krejcikova wrote in a notebook three things that she would like to achieve in the future, if she was fortunate enough to make it as a professional tennis player. At that stage, she had no idea if she would be able to make a living from the sport but she was dreaming big.
“I think I wrote there that I wanted to be a top 10 tennis player,” the Czech said on Saturday evening, a few hours after becoming Wimbledon champion for the first time with a thrilling win against Italy’s Jasmine Paolini.