Wimbledon 2026 WTA final: Red ruled the Royal Box while Noskova wins
Wimbledonβs all-white dress code only applies to the players. It is a rare occasion when three people in the Royal Box were wearing the same color, bright red.
Princess Kate, Martina Navratilova, and two-time Wimbledon champion Petra Kvitova were all in red. Princess Kate rarely wears bold colors to Wimbledon, usually going with pastels or green.
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Red is a color of Czechia, the flag has white and blue also. Were all three, two of which Czech-born and former Wimbledon champions, paying homage to the all-Czech final?
Linda Noskova kept her nerve to get the win over Karolina Muchova
Both Noskova and Muchova are so likeable that it was hard to cheer for one over the other.
Aug 4, 2024; Paris, France; KarolΓna Muchova (CZE) and Linda Noskova (CZE) during a change over against Spain in the womenβs doubles bronze medal match during the Paris 2024 Olympic Summer Games at Stade Roland Garros. Mandatory Credit: Amber Searls-Imagn Images
The compatriots gave tennis fans a thrilling match that went the distance. Noskova, whose nerves faltered in the second set when she served for the match, got the job done in the third set.
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The speeches were as good as the tennis
After the match, the compatriots had funny and heartwarming words for each other.
Muchova opened by joking that Noskova is her βex-friend.β
Noskova countered that they are still friends, and she believed they made their country proud. Noskova also said she was happy to share this Grand Slam final experience with Muchova, who she played womenβs douibles with at the 2024 Paris Olympics.
The normally even-keel Noskova broke down when thanking her late mother who passed away in 2024 from cancer.
Finally, the amount of former Wimbledon champions on hand to welcome a new one to the the club was amazing. Women supporting women is something we all love.