2023-07-15 19:29:40
By RS (at Wimbledon)
Posted 5 minutes ago, Updated just now
Ons Jabeur inconsolable after his defeat in the Wimbledon final. HANDOUT/REUTERS
With this second consecutive defeat for the Tunisian in the final in London and the third on the last step in a Grand Slam, the disappointment is in order for the 6th in the world.
Ons Jabeur experienced a great disappointment this Saturday at Wimbledon. The tears had not yet dried when the Tunisian appeared in front of the press. With reddened eyes, she did not hide her distress: “It hurts because you feel so close to achieving your goal and you fall back to square one“. She did not do it in the language of wood either when it was necessary to evoke her failed match: “I didn’t play well today and the bad serve didn’t help me. In addition, Marketa (Vondrousova) returns all the balls. Even when I managed a good serve, she was present. I did everything I could. I felt a lot of pressure, I was very stressed. I had lost the first set of my last two matches so I was hoping that maybe the situation would improve. But it was written that it would not be this time.»
The 6th in the world assures that she has learned from this new failure: “This match, like last year and the US Open final, will teach me how to win a Grand Slam final. I have to keep learning and staying positive. That’s what will keep me going. Reaching three finals out of the last five Grand Slams is something positive I should reflect on, as is the fact that other great players have lost their first three Grand Slam finals before winning.»
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