The
27-year-old
is
the
new
title
favourite,
following
Iga
Swiatek’s
third-round
exit,
as
she
chases
a
maiden
grand
slam
title.
Jabeur
was
made
to
work
hard
for
a
7-6
(11-9)
6-4
victory
over
Belgian
Elise
Mertens
on
Sunday,
but
she
has
still
yet
to
drop
a
set.
Next
for
Jabeur
is
Czech
player
Marie
Bouzkova,
the
world
number
66,
and
she
is
relishing
her
role
as
a
trailblazer
for
African
and
Arab
women.
“I
enjoy
sometimes
failing
and
succeeding
after.
It’s
amazing,”
Jabeur
said.
“I
wish
I
could
really
give
the
message
to
the
young
generation,
not
just
from
my
country
but
from
the
African
continent.
“I
want
to
see
more
players
here,
I
want
them
to
believe
more
in
themselves
and
believe
that
they
can
be
here.
I
don’t
come
from
a
rich
family,
so
you
have
to
really
stop
finding
excuses
and
go
for
it,
just
be
yourself
and
enjoy
playing
tennis.”
82
–
Ons
#Jabeur
is
the
female
player
with
the
most
wins
in
the
WTA
Tour
over
the
last
two
seasons
(82,
one
more
than
Iga
Swiatek
–
48
in
2021
and
34
in
2022).
Super.@WTA
@WTA_insider
#Wimbledon2022
#Wimbledon
pic.twitter.com/RpJZsXmgRk—
OptaAce
(@OptaAce)
July
3,
2022
World
number
two
Jabeur
is
the
only
Tunisian
ranked
inside
the
WTA
top
700.
This
is
her
fifth
Wimbledon,
and
last
year’s
run
to
the
last
eight
was
her
best
performance
at
that
point,
with
Aryna
Sabalenka
preventing
her
going
any
further.
Now
she
has
the
title
in
her
sights.
“It’s
amazing
to
be
here
and
hopefully
I
can
continue,”
she
said
in
an
on-court
interview.
“I
love
playing
on
grass.
I
love
the
connection
between
nature
and
me,
so
hopefully
it
will
continue
this
way
for
me
and
maybe
through
to
the
finals.”
Mertens
beat
former
champion
Angelique
Kerber
in
round
three,
and
against
Jabeur
on
Court
One
she
battled
from
an
early
3-1
deficit
to
force
the
opening-set
tie-break.
It
was
exhilarating
at
that
point,
and
Jabeur
was
relieved
to
win
the
breaker,
fearing
she
might
not
have
the
wherewithal
to
come
back
from
dropping
the
set.
Mertens
beat
Jabeur
in
round
three
at
the
US
Open
last
year,
so
the
threat
she
posed
was
clear.
“She’s
a
great
opponent
really.
It’s
never
easy
to
play
her,
and
I
had
to
dig
deep,
very
deep,
in
the
tie-break,”
Jabeur
said.
“I
couldn’t
imagine
myself
playing
three
sets
against
her.”
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