Starting from motor sports and presenting tennis at the Wimbledon. The presenter, Lee Mckenzie, has traversed quite a distance since the moment she fell in love with the sporting world. However, who introduced her to the demanding yet exciting world of sports? Did she play or go right straight to presenting and narrating the stories and happening to the viewers? It all started with her father’s passion.

In an interview dated July 4th, with Hello Magazine, McKenzie detailed her beginning. The foundation of her career as a presenter is somewhere linked to her dad being a fleet street journalist. And it seems his curiosity was inherited by his daughter, “as being the annoying child”, she would make sure to attach herself to her father to watch all the sporting events.

She hopped to various sports, be it rugby, equestrian, or any other. If the sports were on, McKenzie was there! “It was a great grounding. I’d go to whatever sport was on–usually rugby–on a Saturday and I’d get the Monday morning off school to go to the office and write up the rugby report and an equestrian column. I didn’t consider doing anything else.”-said the presenter. However, there came a time when the motorsport stole her heart.

At the mere age of 10, she accompanied her father to various F1 races and, hence, got in touch with the greats of the sports such as Bernie Eccleston. And by 12 she was hooked to the sports. But her broadcasting career began with “Borders TV… covered major news events, including the opening of the Scottish Parliament and the Lockerbie bombing trial.” Over time, she became known for her work in Motorsports and rugby. She started presenting the latter sport at the mere age of 15.

The celebrated presenter is now at the helm to narrate the Wimbledon Open final for the Women’s section. And it is in her presence that there is a new taker for the Venus Rosewater dish, the 8th new champion in as many years. As Barbora Krejcikova lifts her maiden Wimbledon, singles title in a heated battle against Jasmine Paolini.

Barbora Krejcikova becomes the new women Grass slam champion 2024

In what can be called a topsy-turvy journey to the Grass swing, Krejcikova had a tough time regaining her form. However, the Czech player is not new to win Grand Slam in the doubles category. But the singles always evaded her hold on grass. And in a match of fate, Krejcikova was facing the first-time Wimbledon finalist, Paolini. The two 28-year-old players were vying for their first grass slam win. With a dominant start from the get-go, Krejcikova claimed the with 6-2, 2-6, 6-4.

After her semifinal win, the Czech player turned emotional as she detailed her journey throughout the season until now. She said, “You know I was just coming back all the time, and it was difficult because I didn’t have any wins under my belt. So I was going through a really, really difficult period, but I don’t know. Now I am here and I am gonna be playing finals on Saturday and I don’t know how that happened.”

Sometimes the unexpected time presents the sweetest and much-awaited results. And Lee Mckenzie was there to witness another historical moment at the Centre Court.