The 25-year-old Czech won easily with 6–2, 6–4, in just 80 minutes. She thereby reached her first final since the Wimbledon victory two years ago.
I have not played for a long time, so I am just happy to be back healthy and so grateful to get to play these matches, she says to AFP after being away for several months due to a shoulder injury.
She continues:
When I saw the court out there, I just thought: okay, let's try to win the first round – and then this happened.
In Sunday's grass final of Berlin's WTA tournament, Chinese Wang Xinyu is waiting.
On June 30, Wimbledon starts where Vondrousova enters as unseeded.
