Wimbledon's champion Marketa Vondrousova says a taste for McDonald's makes her normal. But she's unique

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WIMBLEDON: Marketa Vondrousova held four pieces of chocolate candy in her Wimbledon-winning left hand as she sat down with a half-dozen reporters for one of her last interviews of the evening. A special treat, perhaps, to reward herself for becoming a Grand Slam champion at age 24? Hardly. «I like sweets, so I'm always eating them,» Vondrousova said with a smile a few hours after beating Ons Jabeur 6-4, 6-4 at Centre Court on Saturday to become the first unseeded woman to win the title at the All England Club.

Some tennis players, it was pointed out, only allow themselves that sort of indulgence after a tournament finishes. «No,» came her reply, «I don't really care about this stuff. I also had McDonald's after, I think, (beating No.

4 Jessica Pegula in the quarterfinals), so I'm just a normal person.» Hardly. There is something rather unique about Vondrousova, a left-hander from the Czech Republic who was the calmer player, with the steadier strokes, for the 1 hour, 20 minutes it took to get past a higher-ranked and more experienced opponent under a retractable roof that was closed because of high wind. «She played,» Jabeur said, «maybe a perfect final for herself.» That might be so — one key statistic Saturday was that Vondrousova made 13 unforced errors, Jabeur 31 — but there is more to it.

Now set to move up from No. 42 to a career-high No. 10 in Monday's WTA rankings, Vondrousova has announced herself as someone not to be taken lightly, a player with a mix of talent and moxie who might very well not be done appearing on her sport's biggest stages.