A single-minded focus despite prior injuries allowed Czechia’s Karolina Muchova to end Coco Gauff’s incredible run in their Wimbledon semifinal with a thrilling three-set tie-break win over the American tennis player.Gauff, who is yet to progress past the last four at Wimbledon, lived dangerously at the year’s third Grand Slam, but 10th-seeded Muchova came out on top after saving a match point in the third-set tie-breaker to topple the seventh seed in a nerve-shredding 6-2, 1-6, 7-6 (12-10) result.Muchova, who has undergone multiple surgeries recently, went hurtling towards the turf after she conjured up a show-stopping dive volley to catch Gauff off guard but never lost sight of the ball.For a place in the Wimbledon final, Muchova was ready to put her body on the line, bruises and all.All-Czech finalWith compatriot Linda Noskova beating Marta Kostyuk in Thursday’s second semi, the duo set up an all-Czech women’s final at a Grand Slam for the first time.It also meant that for the third time in four years, a Czech will hold aloft the Venus Rosewater Dish, after the triumphs of Marketa Vondrousova in 2023 and Barbora Krejcikova in 2024.All those dreams were on the verge of vanishing within a blink of an eye for Muchova when Gauff stood at match point at 9-8 in the tie-break, but the American left the spellbound crowd gasping as she produced a howler.Hesitating for a …
