Ons Jabeur: Two-time Wimbledon runner-up broadcasts break from skilled tennis | Tennis Information
Two-time Wimbledon runner-up Ons Jabeur has introduced she is taking a break from tennis to ‘rediscover the enjoyment of residing’ after a tough spell in her profession.
The Tunisian just lately made a tearful first-round exit at Wimbledon as she was compelled to retire injured throughout her match in opposition to Viktoriya Tomova.
Jabeur has asserted herself as one thing of a fan favorite on British soil in recent times, having made the ultimate at SW19 in each 2022 and 2023, falling to Elena Rybakina and Marketa Vondrousova on these events.
The defeats would mix along with her 2022 loss on the US Open ultimate in fuelling a painful pursuit of a maiden Grand Slam title, with subsequent damage points and a decline in kind culminating in her choice to step away from the courtroom.
“For the previous two years, I have been pushing myself so exhausting, preventing via accidents and going through many different challenges,” she stated in a press release on social media. “However deep down, I have never actually felt blissful on the courtroom for a while now.
“Tennis is such a wonderful sport. However proper now, I really feel it is time to take a step again and at last put myself first: to breathe, to heal, and to rediscover the enjoyment of merely residing.
“Thanks to all my followers for understanding. Your help and love imply the world to me. I carry it with me at all times.
“Even whereas I am away from the courtroom, I am going to proceed to remain shut and linked in several methods, and share this journey with you all. Ons.”
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Jabeur has change into a trailblazer in girls’s tennis as the primary African and Arab girl to function in a significant singles ultimate, in addition to changing into the highest-ranked African and Arab tennis participant in ATP and WTA rankings’ historical past when she reached No 2 in 2022.
She had emerged as a must-see attraction on each routes to the ultimate on the All England Membership along with her daring drop pictures and bag of methods.
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