Wimbledon: Ons Jabeur Clearing Her Way To Semifinals; Becomes First Arab Woman To Reach Grand Slam Semifinal
Wimbledon: Ons Jabeur Clearing Her Way To Semifinals; Becomes First Arab Woman To Reach Grand Slam Semifinal. Ons Jabeur, a pioneering Tunisian has achieved a new milestone among a lot of previous ones. She has become the first Arab woman to reach the Grand Slam tournament semifinals. Jabeur cleared her path to the semis after defeating Marie Bouzkova in the quarterfinals with figures like 3-6, 6-1, 6-1 on center court.
Ons Jabeur’s career is full of plenty of firsts and achievements. One of the prominent ones is the current one where she will be fighting her way to the finals. She has been the third-seeded Tunisian and has clearly improved since the quarterfinals of the last year.
Ons Jabeur Finds The Achievement Quite Big
The 27-year-old Ons Jabeur mentioned that she is too happy with the win and it means a lot. She was trying to win for quite a long time and was sick of Arabs losing in the quarterfinals. Jabeur has been ranked as number 2 in the World and made it true for Arabs. She will be facing Tatjana Maria in the semifinal tournament.
Hitting Too Many Records
Ons Jabeur has been unstoppable in terms of achieving new milestones in recent years. She had been the first Arab woman to play in the 2020 quarterfinals at a Grand Slam tournament at the Australian Open. In 2021, she became the first Arab player to break the list of leading ten men or women rankings. She also won the WTA title and now got the record win at the Wimbledon quarterfinals.
It seems that luck is in Jabeur’s favor among the All England Club. She won the first four matches and didn’t get troubled at all during her tenure. The 23-year-old Czech, Bouzkova started on a strong foot but couldn’t last into the second set.
Compete Against Tatjana Maria in SF
The 34-year-old German Tatjana Maria took a break from tennis because of pregnancy concerns. She became the oldest first-time Grand Slam semi finalist in the open era. Maria made the 35th appearance in the tournament and slammed Jule Niemeier with figures like 4-6, 6-2, 7-5 on No. 1 Court.
Both Jabeur and Maria are good friends. She mentioned,” Maria has been facing a lot of trouble and now should get what has been long overdue. It is not easy for anyone to come back to play after having two babies. The game between us will be full of respect and competition.”