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Wimbledon women’s singles champion Barbora Krejcikova wants a lasting memento (Image: Getty)
Wimbledon champion Barbora Krejcikova has asked tennis fans to help her create the perfect memory from her unexpected SW19 triumph. Krejcikova wrote her name in All England Club folklore after winning the second Grand Slam of her career against Jasmine Paolini in the women’s singles final, and the the Czech star wants a special memento away from her first Wimbledon success.
The 31st seed saw off the likes of Jelena Ostapenko and 2022 champion Elena Rybakina on her way to beating Paolini in three sets in the final, following the lead of her idol Jana Novotna in winning the tournament.
Now the 28-year-old is keen to memorialise the occasion by building a small-scale model of Centre Court – and Krejcikova took the unusual step of asking her fans to convince toymakers Lego to make it happen.
Lego put forward an idea from by one of its creators, @mattitheiceman, to create a replica version of the stadium as a potential new product. Krejcikova soon caught wind of the process and asked her fans to support the design to ensure it is brought to life.
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“I would really really love to build this. Will you help me by voting for it?” Krejcikova pleaded to her fans via her official X account.
The listing includes mock-up images of what the impressive model would look like and features information about its construction. The set contains 2,827 Lego pieces in total and includes details such as the recently-added retractable roof and the iconic Wimbledon scoreboard.
Krejcikova is an enthusiastic Lego fan and recently discussed how she uses it as a way to unwind between matches at Wimbledon, helping her stay relaxed on her magical run to the final.
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Barbora Krejcikova celebrated winning her first Wimbledon title on Sunday (Image: Getty)
During all of the rain delays that hit SW19, she joked she would buy an extra suitcase to bring her Lego sets with her.
“I have many of them actually,” Krejcikova said after the semi-final, revealing her coaching team had even been buying her them as a present.
“I like to do a lot of Lego Architecture. I think I did 31212 The Milky Way Galaxy a couple of weeks ago,” Krejcikova said. “I’m a fan of Harry Potter, so I did a couple Lego Harry Potter sets, like 76421 Dobby the House-Elf.”
The impact of Krejickova’s new-found fame as a Wimbledon winner has already been evident, with another 200 supporters lending their support just hours after her tweet on social media, leaving it to Lego to decide whether to choose the product to sell or perhaps gift Krejickova her own one-of-a-kind model.
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