Account for Wimbledon finalist, almost drained slicing lob (9)
I believe the answer is:
narrative
'account' is the definition.
(narrative is a kind of account)
I cannot understand how the rest of the clue works.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for narrative that I've seen before include "relation" , "Popeye's vegetable" , "Chronicle" , "Verbal account" , "Story recounting events" .)