Women's Wimbledon Final 2023: Ons Jabeur vs Marketa Vondrousova

2006 is the only year Mauresmo won Slams, so that's how I remember.

the answer to the men's was Edberg, retired at 5-2 down in the third, long before my time, don't know if he was genuinely injured or trying to save face

that was AO 1990

both retirements in slam finals in OZ

Is Mauresmo still the grestest coach in all of sports, as I believe was her status when Murray hired her?

Jul 15, 2023 -- 8:42AM, mesmerised wrote:

the answer to the men's was Edberg, retired at 5-2 down in the third, long before my time, don't know if he was genuinely injured or trying to save face

As a Swede I'm insulted you would even suggest the latter. Also it was 1-1 in sets, so not like he retired one game away from defeat.

Ons being out-Jabbed

he was 5-2 down in the third, that is one game away from defeat

I set the clock for that. As an 11 year old. At the time AO finals were played at 4 or 5 in the morning European time. I think I fell asleep again during the beginning of the match

blimey - at least it's a tad surprising so far...

oh the pain in Sam Smith's voice

1.21    £4,501.00        £47,853.54
1.22    £26,424.37        £51,534.58
1.23    £13,287.58        £35,690.99
1.24    £13,172.81        £87,974.52
1.25    £13,583.04        £49,359.98
1.26    £8,260.31        £101,906.02

Ons !

Pathetic effort from Jabeur.

Jul 15, 2023 -- 8:47AM, mesmerised wrote:

he was 5-2 down in the third, that is one game away from defeat

it was best of 5, even in 1990.

oh yeah, ffs

what happened to him?

Ons a choker
always a choker.

Jul 15, 2023 -- 8:48AM, Des Pond wrote:

Pathetic effort from Jabeur.

Simply out-Jabbed

I was asleep Illness I think.

Jul 15, 2023 -- 8:49AM, Platini wrote:

Ons a chokeralways a choker.

Another horrendous WTA nightmare occasion so far.

Vondrousova had a losing record on grass coming into Wimbledon, doubt anyone had the foresight to see her winning Wimbledon, didn't even consider her

She was horrific for most parts of that set, despite a great start.

The BBC comms were more upbeat for the Queen's funeral.

More posts about 1990 than the Final being played now. Says it all really. Can they withdraw the prize money? Probably not.

Marketa has been matched at 560 outright. She's not even listed under USO market with most books.

weren't tickets like £300 for this

Ons has gons

that's the thing with the WTA..a lot of the time your weapon i.e. your serve is the Achilles heel
Ons played really well to come from behind to win her 1/4 & semi(tho' imho that was some choke from Saba who just can't learn to keep the frigging ball in court rather than going 4 winners ALL the time)
well,yet again she's behind the 8 ball.let's see what happens
all the dy ke squad on the beeb will be apoplectic if she doesn't win,they were sooo wanting a PC winner
they might even start exposing themselves on social media such will be their mental anguish(allegedly)
Alun...stop ****footing around,call it how u see it!

this is pretty bad, but if Ons somehow prevails with a 2-1 win it will be labeled a classic.

There's the screaming!

Louise should have overruled that.

Players can play badly in a final simply because of nerves, like Lisicki in 2013 who was crippled with nerves, even Alcaraz had to retire basically because of nerves against Novak at the French, albeit not a final, it happens, imagine 15000 people around you with all the lights and media attention, you can't relate to it yet people call them 'bottlers' lol

Serena USO 2011 against Stosur.

Stosur herself in the RG final against Schiavone.

But that's the whole point isn't it mes - the challenge of overcoming the stress in sport?

Söderling had a horror performance against Fed at RG in 2009.

it's easier in team sports, in individual sports there's far more pressure

Mental giant Novak at the USO 2021 when going for the calendar Slam.

Federer will be forever grateful to Soderling for Knocking out Nadal so he could win his only French Open

of Sodermug as he was affectionately know to the tennis forum

If it wasn't stressful, no reason to see a sports performance as great.

it must be admitted nobody does a choke quite like the Gooners!

Marketa had a nightmare in her only previous Slam final. Losing 1-6, 3-6 to Barty. Those numbers are generous.

This final in unsurprisingly a pile of dung.
Whoever is least nervous & unafraid of the finishing line will win.

It is a bit of 'choke-off' for sure this one!

but all the more absorbing for it..the fragility lends itself to more drama

This match quality also has a lot to do with Marketa's playing style, like Tracy just said. With someone like Kerber, you are more likely to get an appealing tennis match with lots of nice shots and spectacular rallies. Ons herself doesn't give her opponent much rhythm so this is what we get.

and then throw in the nerves on top of that ...

I'd agree johnny that it's better than just one of the players choking, more interesting if both do

Simon Cambers @scambers73
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Belated confirmation from The All England Club that the roof was closed over Centre Court and No 1 court from the start due to the yellow weather warning (which was for wind). No more details given.

this in the wind would have been fun.

doesn't sound like players had a say then.

maybe we're being a bit unfair with the 'choking' a term bandied about maybe a tad too much
neither is trying to lose
one gets the momentum then the other
really gotten into the Womens'latter stages this year
enjoyed it..less robotic
all about perception and opinion

synchronised choking

oops

Marketa's old man looks about 12

Ons looking like she will be relieved to be out of this intense atmosphere in her mind

Jul 15, 2023 -- 8:48AM, Angela Rebecchi wrote:

1.21

Can she serve it out or are their more swings?

what a turgid affair

1.21            £47,853.54
1.22            £51,534.58
1.23            £35,690.99
1.24            £87,974.52
1.25            £49,359.98
1.26    £4.00        £101,906.02
1.27            £41,818.78
1.28            £53,848.25
1.29            £127,994.50

Market did a whoopsie !

girl done good..that was a good service game....other than the dbl at 40-0..unseeded well played

LOL at the BBC

they're having a bad week

3 wrist surgeries..respect!

served it out well tbf, was expecting a touch of the Jana Novotna's there

maybe the Jana Novotna's will be Jabber having a cry on a shoulder

Glad the beeb can't celebrate their ethnic win ad nauseum...

and just like that Marketa is a top 10 player!

gotta feel 4 Jabeur that wasn't the same player from her 2 previous matches

not easy getting over the line in the big ones however 'inferior' ur oppo is deemed to be

Does Kate know that this ova is not Russian?

Ons is super sad.

she's breaking down now

If you can't turn up & play your best tennis then you deserve zilch.

That's what big finals are for - to sort out the true champions, well played Vond, deserved it.

Jul 15, 2023 -- 9:30AM, Wesdag wrote:

served it out well tbf, was expecting a touch of the Jana Novotna's theremaybe the Jana Novotna's will be Jabber having a cry on a shoulder

I sayed it.

Why is Sue Barker there

does that acerbic comment equally apply to the fitba team of urs ..Wes

Ons joins Safina on the list with 3 Slam appearances without a win.

Different sport johnny

How about the other 18 in the EPL?

I remember Raonic saying one day he'll be back to win Wimbledon after he is loss, didn't work out well

Beeb just can't get away from this Woke sh1te

I remember Marion saying Sabine would win a Slam for sure. That also didn't work out so well

Ons is a serial choker.
She just doesn't play her best tennis when it matters.

only 17 Wes..u can't count the Y ids

maybe Marketa can finally afford to get those tattoos improved now.

oh ffs not another tattoo

Can't wait for the rigorous professional analysis of the BBC pundits that will slaughter this horrorshow of a final.

No alun of course they were two great warrioresses out there from start to finish

What price was Vondrousova at the start of the event?  500 ?  1000 ?

matched over 500 I think

Cheers Stu

High of 560.

Based,not just on the final but the whole tournament, how can the Women justify equal prize money

with the Men?

Based on the entire tournament not just the final, how is the Women getting the same prize money

as the Men justifiable?

Jabeur should hire Andy Murray, he lost 6 finals before winning his first and even the first he went through the ringer losing a two set lead.

"equality" innit.

Women's tennis is pathetic. None of them can consistently serve.

And to top it off women's cricketers are going to get equal pay despite literally no one watching it

Go figure

Much as I love to knock the women's tennis at times, it is light years ahead of women's cricket as a sport. That is just a total joke.

Jul 15, 2023 -- 9:42AM, SamuelMertensBertens wrote:

oh ffs not another tattoo

I think you can just about justify equal prize money in tennis due to equal expenses (hotels, flights etc).

A journeyman or journeywoman player have the same expenses so I think they should be remunerated the same.

Womens tennis is like bad pingpong