Wimbledon men’s final: Score, live updates as Jannik Sinner, Alexander Zverev face off
The words “If you can meet with Triumph and Disaster and treat those two impostors just the same,” taken from a classic Rudyard Kipling poem, are famously displayed above Wimbledon’s players entrance.
They were tailor-made for Linda Nosková on Saturday.
The 21-year-old went from dominance to collapse to her first Grand Slam title, surviving a comeback from Karolína Muchová in a 6-2, 5-7, 6-3 win. It looked like it was going to be easy, then it became the most stressful match of her young career.
Nosková did it against her Olympic doubles partner and friend, or “ex-friend” as Muchová joked after the match. The veteran has alternated between success and injuries in her career at 29 years old and is still waiting for her own Grand Slam title despite two finals appearances. No one can say she didn’t fight in this one, though.
The winner was guaranteed to make it three Czech women’s champions in the past four years at Wimbledon, joining Markéta Vondroušová in 2023 and Barbora Krejčíková in 2024. It’s also the nine straight Wimbledon with a new ladies champion, an unprecedented streak.
The win additionally bumps Nosková from No. 12 in the world, where she was before the tournament, to No. 7 in the WTA rankings, just ahead of last year’s champion Iga Świątek. Muchová, meanwhile, becomes No. 6.
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