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Yahoo
03-07-2025
- Sport
- Yahoo
Defending champion Krejcikova battles into Wimbledon third round
Wimbledon champion Barbora Krejcikova moved into the third round with a 6-4, 3-6, 6-2 win over American world number 67 Caroline Dolehide on Thursday. The Czech 17th seed took one hour and 51 minutes to grind out another hard-fought victory to keep her title defence alive. Advertisement Krejcikova had powered back from a set down to beat Philippines star Alexandra Eala in the first round on Tuesday. "Definitely a huge relief," Krejcikova said. "It was tough, really up and down, so many points turning one way and the other. "I wasn't feeling that well but I was fighting for every ball. I'm really happy I won the third set." The two-time Grand Slam champion has endured a difficult time since defeating Italy's Jasmine Paolini in the final last year. The 29-year-old was out of action until May after suffering a back injury and lost in the second round of the recent French Open. Advertisement Krejcikova pulled out of last week's Eastbourne Open before the quarter-finals with a thigh problem and has played just eight matches this year. But Krejcikova is relishing being back on the hallowed turf of the All England Club. "Definitely a very special tournament for me," she said. "The last six to eight months were really difficult. I really appreciate this. I'm happy and grateful to be here playing matches and feeing good and healthy." The Czech was broken in the fourth game of the first set, but responded emphatically. She won four consecutive games to regain control and served out the set. Advertisement Krejcikova wobbled in the second set, dropping serve in the sixth game as Dolehide levelled the match. But the Czech steadied her nerve in the deciding set and landed the decisive break for a 4-2 lead before serving out the win. smg/nf
Reuters
03-07-2025
- Sport
- Reuters
From Grand Slam to grand struggle, Krejcikova lives to fight on
LONDON, July 3 (Reuters) - Barbora Krejcikova's Wimbledon defence is still alive — but only just. The Czech squeezed past American Caroline Dolehide 6-4 3-6 6-2 in a second-round tussle that was all grind and no grandeur. There was zero champion's polish on show as the Czech creaked her way into the third round, surviving a match as scrappy as a Henman Hill picnic after a seagull raid. "A huge relief," she said afterwards to polite applause from the crowd. "Really up and down points, turning one way and the other ... I am so grateful I can keep going." Court Two spectators, many blissfully unaware that they were watching the reigning champion, might be forgiven — Krejcikova herself barely looked the part. A season dogged by back and thigh niggles has left the 29-year-old short of sharpness, and her patchy 4-3 record for the season coming in was on full display in a match strewn with errors. Spraying foreheads wide of their mark and dumping backhands into the net, nothing suggested a twice Grand Slam champion was holding court. At times the contest resembled less a Grand Slam match and more a practice session between two very rusty players - Krejcikova produced 39 unforced errors, while Dolehide got fewer than half her first serves in all match. The pair exchanged errors and breaks of serve throughout -- Dolehide trying to power her way into the contest while Krejcikova sought to claw her way to victory on the back of slow, sliced forehands whispering back to a gentler age. Scarcely can a champion have produced such a lukewarm performance on the Grand Slam stage but it would be fair to say the Czech blows hot and cold on the tennis court. French Open champion in 2021, she has followed that title run with three first-round defeats and one second round showing at Roland Garros in the years since. Her form can read like a nursery rhyme. When she's good, she's very, very good — Grand Slam good. But when the gears don't quite catch, when timing slips or confidence wavers, she can unravel just as spectacularly. As Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, 19th-century American poet and nursery rhyme writer, had it: when she is good, she is very, very good — but when she is bad, she is horrid. Still, the 17th seed did just enough to scrape through to gentle applause and a sterner test ahead: 10th seed Emma Navarro, who won't be quite so generous.
News18
03-07-2025
- Sport
- News18
Wimbledon 2025: Defending Champion Krejcikova Battles Past Dolehide To Reach Third Round
Barbora Krejcikova advanced to Wimbledon's third round with a 6-4, 3-6, 6-2 win over Caroline Dolehide, overcoming injuries and limited play to defend her title.
Arab News
03-07-2025
- Sport
- Arab News
From Grand Slam to grand struggle, Krejcikova lives to fight on
LONDON: Barbora Krejcikova's Wimbledon defense is still alive — but only just. The Czech squeezed past American Caroline Dolehide 6-4 3-6 6-2 in a second-round tussle that was all grind and no grandeur. For the latest updates, follow us @ArabNewsSport
CNA
03-07-2025
- Sport
- CNA
From Grand Slam to grand struggle, Krejcikova lives to fight on
LONDON :Barbora Krejcikova's Wimbledon defence is still alive — but only just. The Czech squeezed past American Caroline Dolehide 6-4 3-6 6-2 in a second-round tussle that was all grind and no grandeur. There was zero champion's polish on show as the Czech creaked her way into the third round, surviving a match as scrappy as a Henman Hill picnic after a seagull raid. "A huge relief," she said afterwards to polite applause from the crowd. "Really up and down points, turning one way and the other ... I am so grateful I can keep going." Court Two spectators, many blissfully unaware that they were watching the reigning champion, might be forgiven — Krejcikova herself barely looked the part. A season dogged by back and thigh niggles has left the 29-year-old short of sharpness, and her patchy 4-3 record for the season coming in was on full display in a match strewn with errors. Spraying foreheads wide of their mark and dumping backhands into the net, nothing suggested a twice Grand Slam champion was holding court. At times the contest resembled less a Grand Slam match and more a practice session between two very rusty players - Krejcikova produced 39 unforced errors, while Dolehide got fewer than half her first serves in all match. The pair exchanged errors and breaks of serve throughout - Dolehide trying to power her way into the contest while Krejcikova sought to claw her way to victory on the back of slow, sliced forehands whispering back to a gentler age. Scarcely can a champion have produced such a lukewarm performance on the Grand Slam stage but it would be fair to say the Czech blows hot and cold on the tennis court. French Open champion in 2021, she has followed that title run with three first-round defeats and one second round showing at Roland Garros in the years since. Her form can read like a nursery rhyme. When she's good, she's very, very good — Grand Slam good. But when the gears don't quite catch, when timing slips or confidence wavers, she can unravel just as spectacularly. As Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, 19th-century American poet and nursery rhyme writer, had it: when she is good, she is very, very good — but when she is bad, she is horrid.
