Wimbledon LIVE: Noskova wins first Grand Slam title after rollercoaster win over Muchova

[p][b]20:23 CET - [/b]Right then, that's the end of our coverage of what was a rollercoaster, intriguing women's final, which saw [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/noskova-linda/zHMiAkw6/"]Linda Noskova[/a] be crowned Queen of Wimbledon![/p][p]We will be back tomorrow for the men's final, as world number one and defending champion [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/sinner-jannik/6HdC3z4H/"]Jannik Sinner[/a] takes on [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/zverev-alexander/dGbUhw9m/"]Alexander Zverev[/a], who is set to become the world number two next week![/p][p][b]19:59 CET - [/b]For [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/noskova-linda/zHMiAkw6/"]Linda Noskova[/a], you would think that this could be the first of more Grand Slam titles, especially here at Wimbledon. Her big-hitting, but also underrated creative game is perfect for the grass. Her temperament, which was on show today, is stellar, too.[/p][p][a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/muchova-karolina/Or4Qa1ye/"]Karolina Muchova[/a] will be heartbroken, though. Despite winning the second set, she struggled to get on top of Noskova, as her opponent's power proved too good. She has now been defeated in two Grand Slam finals, and at 29, she may not get as many opportunities to win a major. [/p][embed guid="b6e21a8f-6388-4bb9-ad0b-200ddb53fc29" url="https://x.com/Wimbledon/status/2076003193910133062" social-type="twitter" /][p][b]19:37 CET - [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/noskova-linda/zHMiAkw6/"]LINDA NOSKOVA[/a] IS THE WIMBLEDON CHAMPION![/b][/p][p]The 21-year-old showed truly incredible resilience and bravery to defeat her compatriot [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/muchova-karolina/Or4Qa1ye/"]Karolina Muchova[/a], [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/game/tennis/muchova-k-Or4Qa1ye/noskova-l-zHMiAkw6/?mid=pGyvP4BC"]6-2, 5-7, 6-3[/a], winning her first Grand Slam title and capturing the Venus Rosewater Dish.[/p][embed guid="d9f4cb91-3563-4b83-bf5e-8b053eaec6ae" url="https://x.com/Wimbledon/status/2075998303871734228" social-type="twitter" /][p]It is a remarkable triumph for such a fantastic young player. In her first Grand Slam final, she was the better player for large portions of that match. However, after her game fell apart at the end of the second set, throwing away a 5-2 lead and squandering five match points, it would have been so easy for her to fade away in the decider.[/p][p]Yet she showed so much mental strength, bouncing back with her ice-cold ruthlessness to take control again, getting over the line with her sixth championship point. [/p][image alt="Match stats" id="8c740ec4-f8c3-4dec-b570-c16ae4336590" credit-line="Flashscore" guid="7c7cb952-0405-4ea9-8394-b1808d43274d" original-width="2160" original-height="2700" /][p][b]19:29 CET - [/b]We are back where we were in the second set. [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/noskova-linda/zHMiAkw6/"]Linda Noskova[/a] leads 5-2 and is a game away from the Wimbledon title. Can she get over the line this time?[/p][embed guid="dc3d3b00-92a9-4ec1-82c8-8427a6fad32a" url="https://x.com/Wimbledon/status/2075995798647583228" social-type="twitter" /][p][b]19:13 CET - [/b]Huge, huge, HUGE mental strength and resilience shown from [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/noskova-linda/zHMiAkw6/"]Linda Noskova[/a] here in her first Grand Slam final. After throwing away five championship points in the second set, Noskova has regrouped superbly, and now leads 3-0 in the final set. Long way to go, though...[/p][p][b]18:52 CET - [/b]30 minutes ago, this looked like it was going to be a straightforward win for [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/noskova-linda/zHMiAkw6/"]Linda Noskova[/a]. Yet from 5-2 up, her game has unravelled, and [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/muchova-karolina/Or4Qa1ye/"]Karolina Muchova[/a] has reeled off five straight games to take this final to a decider. What a remarkable turnaround.[/p][embed guid="b2974461-f098-4be2-b328-0c1bf6b3abad" url="https://x.com/Wimbledon/status/2075984767443517585" social-type="twitter" /][p][b]18:47 CET - [/b]Wow. [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/muchova-karolina/Or4Qa1ye/"]Karolina Muchova[/a] is now serving for the set, and [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/noskova-linda/zHMiAkw6/"]Linda Noskova[/a]'s game has fallen apart. After failing to take five match points, the nerves have seeped in big time.[/p][p][b]18:35 CET - [/b]Would you believe it?! [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/muchova-karolina/Or4Qa1ye/"]Karolina Muchova[/a] has broken back with [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/noskova-linda/zHMiAkw6/"]Linda Noskova[/a] serving for the match, saving four championship points in the process! Has the pendulum swung? How will Noskova respond to this blow?[/p][embed guid="69f16e83-aacc-4ef1-941c-972d1ec07922" url="https://x.com/Wimbledon/status/2075982773261595047" social-type="twitter" /][p][b]18:11 CET - [/b]Well, this has been one-way traffic. [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/noskova-linda/zHMiAkw6/"]Linda Noskova[/a] is a game away from winning the Wimbledon title, leading 5-2 after claiming another break of serve. This hasn't been a great performance at all from [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/muchova-karolina/Or4Qa1ye/"]Karolina Muchova[/a].[/p][p][b]17:58 CET - [/b]Big service hold from [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/noskova-linda/zHMiAkw6/"]Linda Noskova[/a]! [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/muchova-karolina/Or4Qa1ye/"]Karolina Muchova[/a] created three break-point opportunities on her opponent's serve, but wasn't able to take any. Noskova leads 2-1 in the second set, on serve.[/p][p][b]17:37 CET - [/b]What a first set from [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/noskova-linda/zHMiAkw6/"]Linda Noskova[/a]! A totally dominant half-hour has seen her take the opener 6-2, and she has been close to flawless. Interestingly, [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/muchova-karolina/Or4Qa1ye/"]Karolina Muchova[/a] looks the more nervous of the pair out on Centre Court, despite her experience.[/p][embed guid="05f2fae8-5dcc-46d9-a684-291656d2cf8c" url="https://x.com/Wimbledon/status/2075968693952004341" social-type="twitter" /][p][b]17:34 CET - [/b][a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/noskova-linda/zHMiAkw6/"]Linda Noskova[/a] leads 5-2 and looks pretty comfortable so far. [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/muchova-karolina/Or4Qa1ye/"]Karolina Muchova[/a] yet to really get going.  [/p][p][b]17:26 CET - [/b]What an excellent start it has been for [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/noskova-linda/zHMiAkw6/"]Linda Noskova[/a]. The 21-year-old has looked confident, grabbing an early break with some heavy hitting. The pressure of a Wimbledon final is having no effect on her so far. She leads 4-1.[/p][image alt="Noskova is off to a flying start" id="e300f3dd-95c0-4ce2-b16b-9b549e4f2d54" credit-line="REUTERS / Marko Djurica" guid="53e35677-d94a-43c7-ab5b-48cf3fab0f3a" original-width="7675" original-height="5110" /][p][b]17:08 CET - [/b][a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/noskova-linda/zHMiAkw6/"]Linda Noskova[/a] to serve first to get proceedings underway. Here we go![/p][p][b]17:03 CET - [/b][a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/muchova-karolina/Or4Qa1ye/"]Karolina Muchova[/a] and [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/noskova-linda/zHMiAkw6/"]Linda Noskova[/a] are walking onto the court as the 2026 Wimbledon final approaches![/p][p]Whilst the players warm up and we wait for the start of the match, how about an interesting fact about this final?[/p][p]Aside from the United States, two players from the same nation advanced to the Wimbledon singles final for the second time in the Open Era, joining Australia's Evonne Goolagong and Margaret Court in 1971.[/p][embed guid="fd98458e-deb6-46c5-b66a-d8028b054a47" url="https://x.com/WTA/status/2075946624065343558" social-type="twitter" /][p][b]15:51 CET - [/b]World number one men's doubles partnership, [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/heliovaara-harri/OYcuApkE/"]Harri Heliovaara[/a] and [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/patten-henry/tzbx2iwG/"]Henry Patten[/a], have won the second Wimbledon title of their careers, after clinching a [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/game/tennis/heliovaara-h-OYcuApkE/patten-h-tzbx2iwG/?mid=0UzxeBfm"]7-6(4), 7-6(3)[/a] victory over [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/arevalo-marcelo/zLNFemL9/"]Marcelo Arevalo[/a] and [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/pavic-mate/2Dnk4gai/"]Mate Pavic[/a].[/p][p]It is their third Grand Slam title overall after they won the Australian Open last year, and home favourite Patten becomes the first Brit in the Open Era to win multiple men's doubles titles in London.[/p][p][b][a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/news/tennis-wimbledon-atp-doubles-finland-s-heliovaara-and-britain-s-patten-win-second-wimbledon-doubles-title/OYBj7tZ0/"]Read our full match report here.[/a][/b][/p][embed guid="b747dfc1-a4f5-4a10-bcf2-c10aaf4777e8" url="https://x.com/Wimbledon/status/2075940688068227396" social-type="twitter" /][p][b]15:41 CET - [/b]Much like her Czech mate, [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/muchova-karolina/Or4Qa1ye/"]Karolina Muchova[/a] came into Wimbledon off the back of winning her first grass court title in Bad Homburg.[/p][p]Perhaps the most well-rounded and graceful player in women's tennis, Muchova's record at Wimbledon had been a bit bizarre considering how well suited her game seems to the surface. In the four years leading up to 2026, she had lost in the first round.[/p][p]However, she is enjoying a fabulous year, getting her hands on two titles with her injury woes finally behind her. En route to the final, she defeated another Czech, [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/krejcikova-barbora/2FyACZYi/"]Barbora Krejcikova[/a], [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/osaka-naomi/MDM4BKiA/"]Naomi Osaka[/a] and then [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/gauff-coco/f5BXmEH6/"]Coco Gauff[/a] in a semi-final thriller.[/p][p]Muchova and Noskova have only played each other once before, with the former coming out on top in a three-set battle at the US Open last year.[/p][image alt="Muchova is the slight favourite for this match" id="2a0351c9-72d2-40c5-bc9b-bd4d71124cf5" credit-line="Flashscore" guid="f53d66b4-f669-4adc-aba4-ad1a69f7bb44" original-width="2160" original-height="2700" /][p][b]15:10 CET - [/b][a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/noskova-linda/zHMiAkw6/"]Linda Noskova[/a] headed into Wimbledon with plenty of confidence and momentum, claiming the biggest trophy of her career on the grass courts of Berlin after beating [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/pegula-jessica/KdojxrAR/"]Jessica Pegula[/a] in the final.[/p][p]An ice-cool, composed character with devastating power and a stunning serve, Noskova has looked right at home at Wimbledon - as have many Czechs in the past.[/p][p]Noskova defeated the likes of [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/cirstea-sorana/fBPsm3Iq/"]Sorana Cirstea[/a], [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/keys-madison/QwU996PK/"]Madison Keys[/a], [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/mertens-elise/Y1ZrrUtl/"]Elise Mertens[/a] and [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/kostyuk-marta/8CZqQdSa/"]Marta Kostyuk[/a] to get to this stage, and even needed to save a match point against Cirstea in the third round.[/p][p]At just 21, Noskova will surely soon be competing for Grand Slams on a regular basis, and she is guaranteed to climb to a career-high ranking of eighth in the world after the tournament. If she wins Wimbledon, she will move up to seventh.[/p][embed guid="00ddfe57-ab88-4c96-b872-f6e1a4d33edc" url="https://x.com/Wimbledon/status/2075799744828551533" social-type="twitter" /][p][b]13:55 CET - [/b]If you want to watch some tennis ahead of the women's final, the men's doubles final is about to get underway between [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/heliovaara-harri/OYcuApkE/"]Harri Heliovaara[/a]/[a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/patten-henry/tzbx2iwG/"]Henry Patten[/a] and [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/arevalo-marcelo/zLNFemL9/"]Marcelo Arevalo[/a]/[a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/pavic-mate/2Dnk4gai/"]Mate Pavic[/a].[/p][p][b][a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/game/tennis/heliovaara-h-OYcuApkE/patten-h-tzbx2iwG/?mid=0UzxeBfm"]Follow that live with Flashscore.[/a][/b][/p][p][b]13:30 CET - [/b]Good morning and welcome to the 2026 Wimbledon finals! Finals Saturday is the day of the women's final and we have been treated to a historic one this time around between two of Czechia's finest: [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/muchova-karolina/Or4Qa1ye/"]Karolina Muchova[/a] and [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/noskova-linda/zHMiAkw6/"]Linda Noskova[/a].[/p][p]With just one seed separating the two, this final is extremely difficult to predict as neither player is an obvious favourite. In what is the first-ever all-Czech women's singles final at a Grand Slam, both players are also looking to clinch their maiden Grand Slam title. [/p][p][b][a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/news/tennis-wimbledon-wta-singles-historic-all-czech-wimbledon-final-muchova-and-noskova-clash-for-a-first-major-title/zokxvtm3/"]Check out Flashscore's full preview of the final here[/a][/b].[/p][p]On paper, Muchova's run to the final is the more impressive of the two players. Beating [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/osaka-naomi/MDM4BKiA/"]Naomi Osaka[/a] after the Japanese star had stunned world number one [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/sabalenka-aryna/vyhksgUB/"]Aryna Sabalenka[/a] in the round before was quite the statement. And backing it up to beat two-time Grand Slam champion [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/gauff-coco/f5BXmEH6/"]Coco Gauff[/a] in the semi-finals spoke volumes about her confidence.[/p][infobox id="e4d8200d-597f-48d7-83c2-d394f1217426" /][p]Muchova showed against Gauff that she can face adversity being match point down and come back to win. She has the mental resilience of a champion in the making. [/p][p]Both players have dropped just two sets en route to the final and whilst Noskova's run to this showpiece event has been slightly easier, she has still had to face some very tricky opponents.[/p][p]Her semi-final clash against [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/kostyuk-marta/8CZqQdSa/"]Marta Kostyuk[/a] was the toughest test of them all and Noskova passed it with flying colours with a dominant straight-sets win. [/p][p]The action begins at [b]17:00 CET[/b].[/p][p][b][a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/game/tennis/muchova-k-Or4Qa1ye/noskova-l-zHMiAkw6/?mid=pGyvP4BC"]Follow the final with Flashscore here[/a][/b].[/p][video alt="WTA Wimbledon: Muchova Karolina - Noskova Linda (video preview)" credit-line="Flashscore" guid="e5d7b574-daeb-45f3-8e35-2c18e3e19caa" id="b658f229-81cd-4c9a-8448-18e7d8f4f97d" /]