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Noskova captures Wimbledon crown
By The Associated Press
Published Jul 12, 2026 07:33 am
The 21-year-old Noskova did just as she promised herself, overcoming her second-set meltdown to beat Karolina Muchova 6-2, 5-7, 6-3 in an all-Czech final for her first Grand Slam trophy on Saturday.
LONDON (AP) — Linda Noskova placed fingers in both of her ears to drown out the noise from the Centre Court crowd.
She draped one of Wimbledon’s strawberry-red towels over her head.
And eventually — after she had wasted five match points and a 5-2 lead and conceded the second set of a drama-filled final — she left the court completely for a bathroom break.
During Noskova's brief time off the court, two shiny objects caught her attention: the Venus Rosewater Dish that is awarded to the women's champion and the smaller dish for the runner-up.
“I was like, ‘I’m not going to take the small one. I’m taking the big one. I have been so close. This will probably be the heartbreak of my life,’” Noskova said. "'I’m going to leave my soul on court in the third set, whatever that be.'”
The 21-year-old Noskova did just as she promised herself, overcoming her second-set meltdown to beat Karolina Muchova 6-2, 5-7, 6-3 in an all-Czech final for her first Grand Slam trophy on Saturday.
When Noskova finally finished it off with a service winner on her sixth match point — and first of the third set — she covered her face and dropped down to the grass on her back.
Minutes later, Noskova was being awarded the Venus Rosewater Dish by Kate, the Princess of Wales.
“It’s never easy to get the last point,” Noskova said during her victory speech. “Karo, you really made me work for it.”
Noskova became the third Czech woman in four years to win the grass-court major, after Marketa Vondrousova in 2023 and Barbora Krejcikova in 2024.
Muchova and Noskova played doubles together at the 2024 Paris Olympics and finished fourth.
“I am so glad that I could play my first Grand Slam final with you,” Noskova told Muchova during her speech. “We made history today. All our Czech fans at home are proud of us no matter the result. It was a good day for both of us.”
Petra Kvitova, who won Wimbledon in 2011 and 2014, was in attendance, as was the greatest Czech-born player of them all, Martina Navratilova — who won a record nine singles titles at the All England Club and was seated next to Princess Kate in the Royal Box; and Jan Kodes, the 1973 champion.
It’s Noskova’s second grass title of the season after beating Jessica Pegula in the Berlin Open final.
But as this match displayed, it hasn’t been all straightforward. Noskova saved a match point in the third set of her third-round match against Sorana Cirstea.
The 12th-ranked Noskova will climb to No. 7 — a new career-high — when the next rankings are released on Monday.
She's the youngest woman to win Wimbledon since Kvitova was also 21 in 2011.
Jana Novotna, one of Noskova’s first coaches, also won Wimbledon (in 1998).
How to explain all the Czech success?
“They play on clay in the summer where you have to out-maneuver your opponent and then in the winter they go indoors and it’s first-strike tennis,” Austin said. “The best of both worlds to create an all-court player.”
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Mayon records highest sulfur dioxide emissions in 26 years
Phivolcs warns of possible explosive activity
At A Glance
- In an advisory issued at 10:15 p.m. on Saturday, July 11, Phivolcs said Mayon's sulfur dioxide emissions averaged 13,128 tons, the highest recorded at the volcano in the last 26 years and only slightly lower than the levels measured during its 2000 explosive eruption.
Mayon Volcano (Phivolcs)
Mayon Volcano sustained its lava effusion on Sunday, July 12, a day after the Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology (Phivolcs) warned that record high sulfur dioxide emissions could lead to more explosive volcanic activity.
In an advisory issued at 10:15 p.m. on Saturday, July 11, Phivolcs said Mayon's sulfur dioxide emissions averaged 13,128 tons, the highest recorded at the volcano in the last 26 years and only slightly lower than the levels measured during its 2000 explosive eruption.
“This abrupt rise has been accompanied by an increase in the occurrence of low frequency volcanic earthquakes or LFVQs that are attributed to volcanic degassing and minor strombolian activity at the crater, and increased rockfall linked to collapses from new lava flows,” Phivolcs said.
A strombolian activity refers to short explosive bursts that eject glowing volcanic material and produce brief lava fountains.
In its latest monitoring bulletin issued Sunday, Phivolcs recorded 125 volcanic earthquakes and 344 rockfall events during the past 24 hours.
While the volcano's overall activity remains consistent with its ongoing lava effusion, Phivolcs said the elevated sulfur dioxide emissions could lead to more explosive eruptive activity.
“Elevated volcanic SO2 emissions could forewarn of further or even a potential shift to explosive eruptive activity at the summit crater that could generate volcanic hazards all around the volcano, the impacts of which can be worsened by the prevailing poor weather conditions,” the agency said.
Mayon remains under Alert Level 3, which means “intensified unrest” or “magmatic unrest.”
Phivolcs reminded the public not to enter the six-kilometer permanent danger zone.
It urged communities within areas identified as vulnerable to pyroclastic density currents to remain prepared should volcanic activity escalate.
It also advised vigilance against lahars and sediment laden streamflows during periods of sustained heavy rainfall.
Pilots are also warned against flying close to the volcano's summit due to possible ash emissions and ballistic fragments.
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