Barbora Krejcikova defeats Jasmine Paolini to win her maiden Wimbledon title

No 31 seed Barbora Krejcikova lifted the Wimbledon trophy by edging out Italian Jasmine Paolini, the No 7 seed, 6-2, 2-6, 6-4 at the All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club in Londres on Saturday.

In the previous rounds of The Championships, Krejcikova, ranked No 32, defeated Russian Veronika Kudermetova (7-6 (4), 6-7 (1), 7-5), American qualifier Katie Volynets (7-6 (6), 7-6 (5)), Spaniard Jessica Bouzas Maneiro (6-0, 4-3 ret.), American Danielle Collins, the No 11 seed (7-5, 6-3), Latvian Jelena Ostapenko, the No 13 seed (6-4, 7-6 (4)) and Kazakh Elena Rybakina, the No 4 seed (3-6, 6-3, 6-4).

Paolini, ranked No 7, beat Spaniard Sara Sorribes Tormo (7-5, 6-3), Belgian Greet Minnen (7-6 (5), 6-2), Canadian Bianca Andreescu (7-6 (4), 6-1), American Madison Keys, the No 12 seed (6-3, 6-7 (6), 5-5 ret.), American Emma Navarro, the No 19 seed (6-2, 6-1) and Croat Donna Vekic (2-6, 6-4, 7-6 (8)) earlier in the tournament.

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