“It was a tough moment, she was playing well. I didn’t know it was 10 minutes, but it felt pretty long,” she said.The 78th-ranked Jabeur, the first Arab woman to reach a Grand Slam quarter-final, was always on the back foot.Jabeur grazed her shin with her racket in the second set and Kenin sealed her spot in the semi-finals at the first match-point when Jabeur’s return flopped into the net.
Kenin, who turned professional in 2013, won her first three WTA titles last year as her career started to take off. She paid tribute to her family, especially her father Alexander, who is also her coach, for supporting her when others did not. “I really had to establish myself to show everyone who I am,” said Kenin, who came into Melbourne with little fanfare and had gone under the radar – until now.“It was obviously tough. Like I said, people didn’t really believe in me and everything.
“But they believed in me, especially my dad, since he’s been with me through this incredible journey.”
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