Karolina Muchova to Linda Noskova after losing to her in the Wimbledon final
“It’s really tough to find any words. But I’ll start with Linda, my ex friend.” 😭😭😭😭😭
“I’m kidding obviously, kind of 😂. You’re so young. This was your first final of a slam. The way you handled it and how you played was really unbelievable. Beyond this all you’re especially a very kind person and human being. Congratulations to you and your team. You deserve it.” 🥹
Novak Djokovic says for 99% of the players, reaching a Grand Slam final and a Grand Slam semifinal so far this year would be a very good result, but for him, it’s not enough
“At this point in your career, does it still remain about winning titles? Or can you leave a tournament like this with some satisfaction of being able to still compete at that high level and reach a semi of a major?”
Novak: “Last year I reached 4 semifinals. This year out of 3 Slams I reached 1 final and 1 semifinal. For 99% of players that would be a very good Grand Slam result, for me it’s not good enough. Because I’m blessed and cursed to be used to something of the highest degree in terms of results and achievements. In some way I’m also dealing with myself in a sense that I’m telling myself, look, this is amazing that you’re still able to play at such a high level and push the youngsters to the limit for Grand Slam titles.
But at the same time, I always have the highest expectations for myself. It’s kind of that internal battle of what I’ve been through for 20+ years of my career, what the goals were, the expectations.. and trying to also balance it out and trying to be a bit more humble in that sense. I still enjoy the thrill of competition. Maybe I don’t enjoy all the hard weeks leading up to big tournaments, putting myself over and over again through a lot of pain, physically mostly.
I’m glad that this tournament the body held pretty well. Pretty much every other tournament the last few years it was always something. I feel like when I’m healthy I’m still able to play as a top 5 player, still able to compete at the highest level. I like it. I like this life. Tennis has given me everything in my life and has allowed me an opportunity to become who I am. At the same time of course there’s always a question of how far do you wanna go, what you wanna play, how you wanna play, etc. I try to take it, in a sense, a day at a time and see how I feel.
I don’t have any pressure or no one is forcing me to play. I do it because I really want to and because I still can play as a top 5 player. Let’s see what’s the future brings.”
(via Wimbledon Press)
Karolina Muchova and Linda Noskova will face each other in the Wimbledon final.
Karolina leads the head to head 1-0.
They’ve never played on grass.
The All-Czech Final.
Who wins their first Grand Slam title? 🏆
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THE MOMENT KAROLINA BEAT COCO GAUFF TO BECOME A WIMBLEDON FINALIST.
This lady is one of the most natural talents the sport has ever seen.
Through so many injuries, she kept coming back.
So incredibly deserved.
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Coco Gauff had beautiful words for Karolina Muchova after losing to her at Wimbledon
“She’s someone that deserves more success with how talented she is. We have the head to head that’s leaned my way, but she’s not an opponent you want to face at any point in the tournament. I have so much respect for how she plays and how she is off court. I’m honored… not honored. I don’t wanna say honored to lose 😂. But it’s a match I’m gonna remember for my career. And it sucks to be on the losing end. But walking off the court I was like… that was a lot of fun.” ❤️
(via Wimbledon Press)
Novak Djokovic after reaching his 8th consecutive Wimbledon semifinal:
"I was telling the kids to go to sleep after the 4th but they didn't listen 😂
I'm glad they stayed because it was honestly one of the best matches I've been a part of on this court in my career." 🥹