Breathtaking Barbora Krejcikova wins 2024 Wimbledon title against Jasmine Paolini and becomes two-time Grand Slam champion

After a crushing period in her career dealing with health issues and injury since becoming Roland Garros champion, Barbora Krejcikova has added to the glut of Czech winners at Wimbledon crushing the dreams of Jasmine Paolini again.

Krejcikova will rise back into the top five after an epic 6-2, 2-6, 6-4 win and joins Marketa Vondrousova who won the title last year making it back-to-back Czech winners. Paolini loses back-to-back Grand Slam finals after Roland Garros after fighting to the end but not prevailing in just over two hours at SW19.

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In the opening set, Krejcikova was superb as Paolini was left searching for answers. The Czech dictated and dominated and comfortably served out the 35-minute opener to love.

Paolini headed back to her chair looking to soul search and clear her head ahead of the second set and that she did. For Krejcikova, it was about keeping up momentum. But the momentum shifted to Paolini. She flicked a switch and started to look more positive.

She forced Krejcikova into a raft of backhand errors and Paolini took the early break in the second. Krejcikova's positivity dissipated as Paolini grew in stature. She exclaimed come on after a ferocious forehand and hold to go 4-1 up. Her forehand in particular was used as a weapon to snare Krejcikova as Paolini took her time away and hit through her en route to a 6-2 second set.

Paolini saw the scoreboard continue to tick in her favour as she went 2-1 up and also 3-2 but a pivotal juncture was incoming as Krejcikova had break point chances on the serve of Paolini and after a double fault, the Czech ace went 4-3 up and lead for the first time in the final set as she looked to serve to go one away.

After her first serve was called out, Paolini hit another double fault and had to regroup and hit back or lose the tie. Such are the fine margins. Krejcikova took a dominant hold and Paolini had to serve to stay in the championship at 5-3 down albeit with a break needed or the former Roland Garros champion would serve at 5-4. But after going 40-0 up, Paolini went dangerously close to deuce and potentially giving Krejcikova a winning opportunity out of sheer errors. But she didn't get that.

Paolini looked beaten as she trudged back to the baseline and Krejcikova went 30-0 up. Paolini reverted it though and went 40-30 up. Paolini handed Krejcikova a match point as she returned it outstretched just long.

But Krejcikova felt it and went super long on her backhand return. Paolini produced an unbelievable retort though slamming the ball past Krejcikova at the net to bring up advantage. Krejcikova brought it back to deuce though as Paolini continued to suffer in her quest to break back.

An ace from Krejcikova brought up another championship point at 5-4 in the third set. She sliced it back into the net though after Paolini kept it narrowly inside the lines during the rally. But finally Krejcikova got over the line as Paolini's time ran out.

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