Ons Jabeur’s reaction to her Wimbledon loss tugged at the heartstrings -- so much so that she was comforted by the Princess of Wales
Wimbledon losses are often imprinted in the memory just as much as those euphoric title-winning celebrations, so heart-breaking can losing in one of sport’s greatest tournaments be. Ons Jabeur was the favorite to win the women’s title on Saturday with many expecting the Tunisian to become the first Arab to win a grand slam and the first African woman to do so too. But the burden of making history proved heavy as the 28-year-old fell in straight sets to the unseeded Markéta Vondroušová.
“But like every final, like every match I played, I was telling myself it’s okay, it’s normal. I honestly did nothing wrong. I did everything that I could. “But, yeah, I think things take time with me. Again, I said it wasn’t meant to be this time. Hopefully I will be like the others that failed couple of times to do it and it will come after.” Jabeur added: “So many things that I should have maybe done. Not serving well did not help. Also Markéta returns every ball.
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