: Wimbledon: Ons Jabeur’s first final ends in defeat, but for Tunisian trailblazer it’s just the start #IndiaNEWS Runner-up Ons Jabeur told herself “I love you� as she battled against Elena Rybakina

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Wimbledon: Ons Jabeur’s first final ends in defeat, but for Tunisian trailblazer it’s just the start #IndiaNEWS
Runner-up Ons Jabeur told herself “I love you� as she battled against Elena Rybakina at Wimbledon on Saturday, revealing she even had a picture of the winner’s trophy on her phone in the hope of inspiration.World number two Jabeur took early charge of the match on Centre Court but 17th seed Rybakina powered back to win 3-6, 6-2, 6-2. The defeated Tunisian admitted she had not played her best tennis in the second and third sets as the big-hitting Kazakh found her range.“It is frustrating to play someone that serves really big and doesn’t give you the chance sometimes to take that break,� she said.“I just kept telling myself, like, ‘this is not over, I trust you’. I even said, ‘I love you’ to myself during the match. It wasn’t meant to be.�Jabeur, the first Arab woman to reach a Grand Slam final, who had previously never gone beyond the quarter-finals at a Slam, said she would learn from her experience at Wimbledon.“I don’t disbelieve in myself and I know that I’m going to come back and win a Grand Slam, for sure,� she told reporters.“This is tennis, and it’s part of it. I have to learn from it, definitely. But I’m very, very positive about...Read more

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