Survive a headshot of a serve to take the first set

Ouch.

Dabrowski/Stefani in trouble early, down 0-4

Add it to the lore

Noskova so impressive is so many ways this week … but why did it have to be against Muchova 😭

All very redolent of the whole triumph and despair bit

This is giving horrible Jana Novotna deja vu

Karolina battling Ons for levels of tennis fan heartbreak

😭😭😭

Congratulations to Noskova fans, commiserations to Muchova fans (in whose company I sat today). Linda won 109-92, or 54% to 46%. Never in doubt. That match followed a script for, what, 16 games? Then a different one for four games, then back on script one. Sports, eh?

Played super consistent, clinical tennis this whole tournament … and definitely earned it in this final

I just want Muchova to win a grand slam. Hopefully third time is a charm. Meanwhile congrats Noskova!!!! #wimbledon

A tweener! This match truly has everything

Whew, a hold to get on the board and stop the run of games

In the vein of, remember who you are: Karolina, you play your best tennis the more your back is against the wall

Karolina down a break and serving second in this set, just for maximum torture

First set brutal for Karolina, second set ultimately brutal for Linda What does the third set hold?

what’s going on what’s happening are the tennis goddesses just fucking with us this is torture and this is also epic is everyone else freaking out

Tennis Is a Mental Game. In every sense of the word. Noskova was unplayable until she got to that first match point come and then all became too real for her. Muchova has so much experience… She kept making her play. 6-2, 5-7. From 6-2, 5-2 and five match points. Goodness gracious.

Karolina Muchova has entered the court!

HOLD FOR YOUR LIFE

Tennis!

KAROLINA MUCHOVA

KARO!!

Just keep saving break points with aces

Ok the nerves have arrived

Finally the forehand fires! Break point

Noskova: “what are nerves?”

Whew. Holds to stay in the match despite three match points

Karo continues to play her best points break and match point down

The other Ons parallel is the difficulty of the draw she had leading into the final

Been watching the two-handed backhand slice this whole week, can’t remember having seen it from another player before?

When Linda Noskova is servebotting, it can be easy to forget that her net touch is also really good What a game that was

Ok, she really needed that love hold

Whew, Karo holds

The other consequence of Muchova being broken to lose the first set is that she’s serving second in the second set too, which feels like it can’t help Noskova holds to love to open

I mean this is what @thebodyserve.bsky.social would call hatchin' and snatchin'

Karo 81% first serves, Linda 57% and yet the score was 6-2 Noskova Ouch

Winning the first set with a beautiful lob Poetic, Noskova

The actual way it’s playing out so far is that the younger player is swinging freely while Muchova feels the opportunity weighing on her

Also, there’s something Dimitrov-coded about how everyone talks about the beauty of Muchova’s game 😭😭

This feels like the consequence/letdown of having had a really tough SF

Feel like I saw a lot of picks for Muchova to win today that was based on the presumption than Noskova would have nerves in her first major final, but none apparent so far

First dropshot!

Petra!

happy karolína muchová and linda nosková are playing a grand slam final today, to all who celebrate 🇨🇿

Exclaiming at the TV level theater

Preview of the Women's Final 😍

Whew. Bodes well for Saturday

Wimbledon making a strong argument for holding the WTA finals in Prague