It was the third time unlucky for the Tunisian, Ons Jabeur. The World Number Six gave her all at the 2023 Wimbledon Championships. However, she faltered at the final hurdle as she went down fighting against Czech Republic’s Marketa Vondrousova. Last year, Jabeur lost the finals at Wimbledon and the US Open. This year’s Wimbledon final was her third major final and it didn’t go in her favor. Nonetheless, the 28-year-old kept a brave face after saddening final defeats.
Jabeur was the favorite going into the finals of this year’s grass-court Grand Slam tournament. She produced sumptuous displays all through the tournament. However, her Czech opponent had other plans, dominating her encounter against Jabeur. After the match, the latter vowed to fans as they erupted in huge cheers.
Ons Jabeur promises to come back stronger
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Despite a tough, heartbreaking loss, the World Number 6 made a courageous statement during her post-match on-court interview. After congratulating Marketa Vondrousova for her maiden Grand Slam title, Jabeur promised her fans to win a major title someday.
Talking about this, she said, ?I don?t know, it?s gonna be a tough day for me. I?m not gonna give up. I?m gonna come back stronger & win a Grand Slam one day.? ?
Ons Jabeur on loss to Marketa Vondrousova:
“I don’t know, it’s gonna be a tough day for me. I’m not gonna give up. I’m gonna come back stronger & win a Grand Slam one day.” 🥹
Crowd. Goes. WILD. pic.twitter.com/1DnDF6avCK
— The Tennis Letter (@TheTennisLetter) July 15, 2023
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In what was a one-sided final, Marketa Vondrousova dominated her Tunisian opponent after not the greatest of starts. The former lost her first service game of the match to give Jabeur the early advantage. However, she came back strongly to win the final four games of the opening set to win it 6-4.
Subsequently, the second set panned out similarly to the first. Jabeur got the early advantage to take a 3-1 lead. However, she couldn’t capitalize on it as the Czech made a comeback to win the second set 6-4. The match lasted for just an hour and 20 minutes, resulting in Marketa Vondrousova winning her maiden Grand Slam title.
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Jabeur has had an on-and-off season so far. She has won just a solitary title this year at Charleston Open. Nonetheless, she’ll hope to come back stronger as she promised to her fans in the upcoming hard court season. It’ll be interesting to see if Jabeur can overcome her tough Wimbledon loss and shine later this year.