The powerhouse Liverpool forward secured a record-breaking 90 per cent of the vote, while Arsenal’s Alessia Russo topped a wide field to win the women’s award, writes JAMES NALTON
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Krejcikova finally living up to her own billing after difficult year
Barbora Krejcikova celebrates victory against Elena Rybakina (not pictured) following their ladies' singles semi-final on day eleven of the 2024 Wimbledon Championships at the All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club, London, July 11, 2024
The outcome of the Shakespearean modern-day classic, where legacy was reborn, continues to resonate in the mind of Morning Star boxing writer JOHN WIGHT
BARBORA KREJCIKOVA complained last year that she was never in the conversation surrounding the top of women’s tennis — despite her recent wins over big names.
“It’s about Iga (Swiatek), Aryna (Sabalenka) and Elena (Rybakina) and I’m not really there,” the 2021 French Open winner complained in Miami in March 2023.
Unfortunately, in the intervening 16 months that gripe became more and more risible.
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