{"id":183930,"date":"2025-06-14T14:10:13","date_gmt":"2025-06-14T14:10:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/183930\/"},"modified":"2025-06-14T14:10:13","modified_gmt":"2025-06-14T14:10:13","slug":"she-is-the-player-who-is-almost-blind-in-one-eye-but-has-just-beaten-a-former-wimbledon-champion","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/183930\/","title":{"rendered":"She is the player who is \u2018almost blind\u2019 in one eye but has just beaten a former Wimbledon champion"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

There are some truly special talents on the professional tennis circuit, many of whom have defied impossible odds to reach the apex of the sport.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Novak Djokovic stands out as arguably the most renowned example, emerging from war-torn Serbia and developing into one of the greatest tennis players of all time.<\/p>\n

Whether it be a troubling upbringing or overcoming a serious ailment, those ranked on both the ATP and WTA tours deserve unlimited praise for simply being a level above the rest.<\/p>\n

However, there is one woman in particular who is accomplishing the seemingly impossible every day: competing at the highest level whilst being almost blind in her left eye.<\/p>\n

Rebecca Sramkova speaks about her vision troubles<\/strong><\/p>\n

What Rebecca Sramkova regularly achieves on the WTA tour is nothing short of miraculous, as she recently opened up on an eye condition that she has suffered with since birth.<\/p>\n

Speaking just last year, in a WTA article<\/a> that branded her \u2018almost blind\u2019, she recalled: \u2018I don\u2019t know how it is to see good. I tried wearing contact lenses, but the vision was not that much different and I couldn\u2019t stand the feeling.\u2019<\/p>\n

\"HSBCPhoto by Annabel Lee-Ellis\/Getty Images<\/p>\n

However, this was not the only issue Sramkova has dealt with across her time in tennis, recalling another setback which she overcame in 2017: \u2018I didn\u2019t play for almost one year because I had problems with my back.<\/p>\n

\u2018I want to be someone. That\u2019s why we do this sport; to be someone. You see all the other girls around you fighting to be someone, and you want that, too. That\u2019s what keeps me pushing.\u2019<\/p>\n

An unflinching mentality for an inspirational individual.<\/p>\n

How good has Rebecca Sramkova\u2019s career been?<\/strong><\/p>\n

Putting her career into context, Sramkova\u2019s career has already been a raging success.<\/p>\n

A professional athlete in a sport where concentration and eyesight are of paramount importance, the fact that she competes is enough to warrant widespread praise.<\/p>\n

However, she does not just make up the numbers.<\/p>\n

\"2024Photo by Li Bin\/VCG via Getty Images<\/p>\n

This enigmatic Slovakian has enjoyed an impressive 12-year career thus far, reaching a career-high of 36th in the world rankings.<\/p>\n

Currently sitting 41st, Sramkova is just outside the seeded spots for Grand Slam events, of which she has competed in five main draws.<\/p>\n

Boasting wins over notable names such as Katie Boulter, Sofia Kenin, Beatriz Haddad Maia and Mirra Andreeva, the 28-year-old even has a WTA title under her belt, having won a 250 event in Thailand.<\/p>\n

And, just this month she felled the defending Wimbledon champion Barbora Krej\u010d\u00edkov\u00e1 at Queen\u2019s<\/a> too, before Emma Raducanu knocked Sramkova out<\/a> of the event.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n

She has achieved what many will fail to do across an entire career, and still has plenty of good years left competing at the top.\u00a0<\/p>\n

What Sramkova continues to do should be celebrated. A true inspiration who embodies the resilient attitude that the young stars of the future should look up to.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"There are some truly special talents on the professional tennis circuit, many of whom have defied impossible odds…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":183931,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4105],"tags":[75453,79,1068,16,15],"class_list":{"0":"post-183930","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-tennis","8":"tag-rebecca-sramkova","9":"tag-sports","10":"tag-tennis","11":"tag-uk","12":"tag-united-kingdom"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/114682123293247166","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/183930","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=183930"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/183930\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/183931"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=183930"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=183930"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=183930"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}