When Ons Jabeur takes on twice Wimbledon champion Petra Kvitova in the Wimbledon...
LONDON - When Ons Jabeur takes on twice Wimbledon champion Petra Kvitova in the Wimbledon first round next week she will not just be playing for herself, she will fly the flag for Africa.
She does have some company with fellow Tunis resident Malek Jaziri having scraped into the men’s draw while South African Kevin Anderson, last year’s runner-up, is the fourth seed. “I’m trying to give the example for Arabic girls and African girls. It’s kind of tough because we don’t have much experience in playing tennis,” Jabeur told Reuters in an interview.
Considering there are no grass courts in Tunisia and she once won the French Open junior title on clay, it is perhaps surprising she enjoys the lawns, although she says her varied game allows her to be creative. “I was always at Roehampton trying in quallies and the first time I actually got to Wimbledon I felt like I had really earned it. I was in the locker room thinking what an amazing place this is.”
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