Tunisia's Ons Jabeur after her victory over Germany's Tatjana Maria in their women's singles semi-final. Photograph: Getty ImagesIn the harsh light of defeat Ons Jabeur’s close friend and the woman she had just beaten, Tatjana Maria, spoke of their friendship.
“I think Ons, she’s an amazing role model already where she’s coming from, how she plays, how she is outside of the court,” said Maria. “It doesn’t matter if she’s number two in the world, I mean, she never changed. That’s impressive because that also makes her, yeah, an amazing person. I hope she can go to the end.”
Jabeur broke serve twice in the third set as insurance to stifle any threat of another Maria comeback. While it was far from the perfect match for the number three seed, the flashes and potential to play a coloured version of the game suggests enough to diffuse the power of Rybakina for a first grand slam title.
Rybakina, born, raised and resident in Moscow before switching to Kazakhstan in 2018 simultaneously thwarted Halep and the All England Club. Their decision after discussions with the British government was not to have a Russian or Belarussian in the draw after the invasion of Ukraine.Halep was never allowed to settle and soon struggled with her second serve. A double fault gave Rybakina break point in the first game and she repaid Halep with a massive forehand winner.
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