Amid Gut-Wrenching Loss, 28-Year-Old Ons Jabeur Admits ?Honest Mistake? as Strict Wimbledon Rules Forced Her Off Center Court

Ons Jabeur’s Wimbledon run came to a heartbreaking end after a straight-set loss against Marketa Vondrousova in the final. It was a gloomy Saturday in London from the very beginning. Jabeur was robbed 30 minutes of her hitting time before the match owing to a rare blunder from the Tunisian herself.

The world number 6 entered the Centre Court for her practice session wearing black clothes. According to the rules, players must be wearing all whites even for the practice sessions on the Centre Court. Jabeur was asked to change and return again. The Tunisian later accepted her mistake and explained how she messed up with the clothing rules.

Ons Jabeur owns up to making a blunder

In the post-match press conference, Jabeur addressed everything relating to the final. She was inevitably asked about the practice session where she admitted her mistake. She said, “No, I completely forgot the white rules. When you go into a match court, you just dress up as normal clothes. For me, I completely forget that today I was warming up on Centre Court, it has to be all white. Yeah, I don’t know, it was just an honest mistake.”

The players are allowed to practice wearing colored clothes on the practice courts or on any other court for that matter. However, the Centre Court follows its strict rule of all whites. It was Jabeur’s first and only practice session on the main court this year so it wasn’t quite surprising if she didn’t realize that she had to change.

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The day did not get any better for the world number 6 as she suffered the ‘biggest defeat’ of her career later.

Ons Jabeur believes that the Wimbledon final was her biggest defeat

The Tunisian admitted in the on-court interview that the final was the most painful loss of her career.? Despite losing two more slam finals, she could easily put this loss above the other two as she entered as a clear favorite here. Moreover, Jabeur also beat some of the biggest names in women’s tennis including Aryna Sabalenka, Petra Kvitova and Elena Rybakina to reach the finals.

This was indeed a hard pill to swallow for the Tunisian but she promises that she will bounce back.

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