2J7C8PD Ons Jabeur of Tunisia in action against Jessica Pegula of United States, Women's Final during the Mutua Madrid Open 2022 tennis tournament on May 7, 2022 at Caja Magica stadium in Madrid, Spain - Photo: Irina R Hipolito/DPPI/LiveMedia
The Tunisian tennis pro – Ons Jabeur has been sensational this season. She has made her fans proud with her stellar performances on the tour.
The 28-year-old began the year on a strong note as she reached the quarterfinals in Sydney. She made the quarterfinals at the Dubai Tennis Championships and the Qatar Open. After playing some scintillating tennis at the Charleston Open, Jabeur narrowly missed out on winning the title as she lost in the final against Belinda Bencic.
After another quarterfinal appearance at the Stuttgart Open, the World No. 2 won her first title in 2022 at the Madrid Open. She followed it up with a run to the final at the Italian Open, where she lost to a rampant Iga Swiatek.
After suffering a debacle at the French Open where she lost in the first round, Jabeur bagged her second title of the season at the Berlin Open to kickstart the grass-court season. The fact that she lost just one set in the tournament was a testament to her domination.
Jabeur made history at Wimbledon as she became the first African woman, and the first Arab or North African player in the Open era to reach a Grand Slam final. The Tunisian No. 1 lost to Elena Rybakina in the final but her performance was lauded by fans as well as critics.
Jabeur made it to another quarterfinal at the Silicon Valley Classic where she was ousted by Veronika Kudermetova. In the US Open, Jabeur repeated her heroics at Wimbledon and made it to the final.
She lost just one set during the course of the competition on her way to the final. Jabeur defeated the likes of Madison Brengle, Elizabeth Mandlik, Shelby Rogers, Veronika Kudermetova, Ajla Tomljanovic, and Caroline Garcia to set up a mouth-watering clash with Iga Swiatek.
The Polish star once again proved to be her undoing as Jabeur lost her second consecutive Grand Slam final. However, her staggering achievements have been recognized and she has deservingly been named the Arab Sports Personality of the Year by the Fatima bint Mubarak Women Sports Awards committee.
Tennis Fans on Twitter sent their congratulatory messages for Ons Jabeur.
Ons Jabeur quote retweeted a tweet from ADSportsTV from the presentation ceremony and wrote: “I am honored 🙏 Thank you ❤️😍”
According to one of the fans, Jabeur, in her winning speech said: “thank you to the organizers, audience and supporters, that she’s honored, and that she wishes good luck to everybody”.
Let’s take a look at some of the best tweets from the fans:
Jabeur is a trailblazer and has the potential to win Grand Slams in the near future. She has already had the taste of being in big finals. The 28-year-old still has a lot of time on her hands. If she continues to play this spectacular brand of tennis in 2023, tennis fans will be in for a treat. Jabeur will look to add more WTA Tour titles along the road as well. The year 2022 could just have unlocked the best version of her. Hopefully, she will go from strength to strength in the upcoming tournaments.
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