Marketa Vondrousova says she has organized for a cat sitter so her husband can come and watch her play within the Wimbledon ultimate on Saturday.
The world quantity 42 beat Ukrainian wild card Elina Svitolina 6-3, 6-3 within the semifinals on Thursday and can face final 12 months’s runner-up Ons Jabeur for the title.
Her husband, Stepan Simek, has been at house taking care of Frankie the cat as she has powered by the draw, however now he’s free to journey to the All England Club.
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“He’s coming tomorrow with my sister,” she stated. “We texted the cat sitter to come to our home. He’s coming tomorrow.”
This time final 12 months the Czech participant, 24, was in London — however solely to look at her buddy after having surgical procedure on a wrist damage.
“It was Miriam (Kolodziejova). We played doubles here also,” she stated. “We’re best friends. She was playing qualies (qualification tournament) for the first time last year.
“With my sister, we went to see her in Roehampton, then we stayed for a week just to see London and stuff.
“I had a cast on. It was after the surgery.”
She added: “We visited the London Eye, that kind of stuff. We went shopping. We went to see some nice restaurants also. But I think we did shopping like, I don’t know, five times. It was kind of crazy.”
Vondrousova was a overwhelmed finalist on the 2019 French Open and received the silver medal on the Tokyo Olympics in 2021 however her profession has been blighted by accidents.
Her a number of tattoos have been a speaking level at this 12 months’s Wimbledon — she even admits she doesn’t know what number of she has.
The Czech participant stated she had a guess along with her coach that if she is profitable at Wimbledon, he can even get a tattoo.
“If I win a Grand Slam, he’s going to get one, so I hope I will,” she stated. “Yeah, I mean, we’ll see what happens and what I’ll do.
“For me, it’s also art. I don’t know, I just like it. I appreciate the people that do this.”
Source: sportstar.thehindu.com