Understandably, Marketa Vondrousova did not yet know who her dance partner would be at the Champions Dinner on Sunday evening. Carlos Alcaráz? Or Novak Djokovic? The new Wimbledon champion from the Czech Republic didn’t care at first, she wanted to celebrate her victory on the “holy turf” against Ons Jabeur with two other men and in her own way.
In addition to Vondrousova’s numerous tattoos, another one is to be added on Sunday. And not only she, she announced after her unexpected triumph, would get one. Her trainer Jan Mertl has to keep his promise to do the same if she wins. “I’m picking one, I hope he doesn’t pinch,” she said. What motive are you thinking of? “You’ll see that on Instagram.”
Vondrousova doesn’t have to wait until the evening to celebrate: the men’s final day is her wedding day. A year ago she married her longtime boyfriend Stepan. At the IT specialist, the 24-year-old said she even saw tears on Saturday: “I think,” she said with a grin, “he also cried on our wedding day, but that’s it in the eight years.”