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Jana Novotna won her only Grand Slam singles title at Wimbledon in 1998. She became an idol and mentor to Barbora Krejcikova before she died of cancer in 2017. Krejcikova just joined Novotna as a Wimbledon champion—taking home $3.45 million 🇨🇿 Our story, with more details: gofos.co/3S5FqPQ

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Novotna endured one of the worst Wimbledon meltdowns ever in the 1993 Wimbledon finals vs Steffi Graf. Afteelr blitzing Graf 6-1 in the second set, she went up 4-1 in the final set, had a game point and looked ready to win it all. But a combination of nerves and the power and grit of Fraulein Forehand did her in. Novotna lost that game and the next 4, blowing a 2-break advantage and losing to Graf 6-4. She melted into tears when receiving her runner-up trophy. But this gritty tennis player kept in the game and returned to the Wimbledon finals in 1997 and won the Wimbledon title in 1998. This, her first and only singles grand slam win, on top of 12 grand slam doubles and 4 mixed doubles titles, puts her in the elite ranks of tennis players. And how awesome that she can look down and see her former student win the very tournament that brought her to a devastating career low and triumphant high just 5 years apart.

Jiří Kastner 🇨🇿🇸🇰

Manažerský a osobní rozvoj, tréninky, konzultace, mentoring a firemní přednášky | #PowerMindset #FutureSkills | Od roku 1999 pomáhám jednotlivcům i týmům k úspěchu a správným rozhodnutím

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Jo Thame

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Barbora Krejčíková 🎾🏆🎾 Jana Novotna 🇨🇿🫶🙏👏💕😘#Wimbledon

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Rohan Kochhar

Decoding The Business Of Sports | Podcast Host @ Panoramic Perspectives

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The tears on Center Court in Barbora’s eyes every time she mentioned Jana were representative of how influential she was. Such an incredible story 💪🏻

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