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It will be all white for bride-to-be Cibulkova on ladies’ final day at Wimbledon

The good news for Wimbledon’s newest tennis darling is that, come women’s final day on Saturday, Dominka Cibulkova will be slipping into an all-white outfit.

Updated on: Jul 6, 2016, 10:18:01 IST
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The good news for Wimbledon’s newest tennis darling is that, come women’s final day on Saturday, Dominka Cibulkova will be slipping into an all-white outfit.

Slovakia's Dominika Cibulkova celebrates a point against Russia's Elena Vesnina during their women's singles quarter-final match. (AFP Photo)
Slovakia's Dominika Cibulkova celebrates a point against Russia's Elena Vesnina during their women's singles quarter-final match. (AFP Photo)

But rather than striding on to the All England Club’s famed Centre Court for a chance to lift the Venus Rosewater Dish, the Slovakian will be walking down the aisle to keep a long-standing wedding date with her fiance Miso Navara in Bratislava.

When the 18th seed surpassed her own poor grasscourt expectations to reach the Wimbledon quarter-finals, it looked like the bride could be a no-show for her own big day.

However, Elena Vesnina’s 6-2 6-2 win over Cibulkova on Tuesday saved her the hassle of a last-minute rejig of her wedding plans.

Poland's Agnieszka Radwanska (R) embraces Slovakia's Dominika Cibulkova after losing her women's singles fourth round match.

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“It was just a great two weeks for me. If you’d told me before the tournament I would win (the Wimbledon warm-up tournament in) Eastbourne and reach the quarter-finals of Wimbledon, I wouldn’t take you seriously.”

So will there be any mixed feelings on Saturday?

“No, no, no,” insisted Cibulkova, whose party trick involves being blindfolded and identifying balls from the four grand slams by simply sniffing them.

“If I would be still here, I would just think about tennis. What I do, I do hundred percent. I will get married hundred percent, not thinking about tennis.”

Miso Navara, fiance to Slovakia's Dominika Cibulkova watches her play Russia's Elena Vesnina.

And which exotic destination will she be heading for after the ceremony?

“No honeymoon. We don’t have time for that.”

 
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