Tunisia’s Ons Jabeur throughout a match.
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Ons Jabeur is taking a hiatus from the ladies’s tennis tour, with the three-time main runner-up saying on Thursday (July 17, 2025) she desires to “rediscover the enjoyment of merely dwelling.”
As soon as ranked No. 2 on the WTA Tour, Jabeur has battled accidents in recent times and has fallen to her present No. 71. The 30-year-old from Tunisia retired due to issue respiration throughout her first-round match at Wimbledon, the place she reached the ultimate in 2022 and 2023, and will not be taking part in because the hard-court swing begins.
“For the previous two years, I have been pushing myself so laborious, combating by way of accidents and dealing with many different challenges,” Jabeur wrote on Instagram. “However deep down, I have not felt really glad on the court docket for a while now.
“Tennis is such a lovely sport. However proper now, I really feel it is time to take a step again and eventually put myself first: to breathe, to heal, and to rediscover the enjoyment of merely dwelling.”
Jabeur additionally was the U.S. Open runner-up in 2022, turning into the primary lady since Serena Williams in 2019 to succeed in the ultimate at Wimbledon and Flushing Meadows in the identical yr. She fell in need of turning into the primary African or Arab lady to win a Grand Slam title within the skilled period, however she climbed to No. 2 within the WTA rankings the subsequent week.
She is 15-15 this yr after her 2024 season was minimize brief by a shoulder harm, as she performed simply as soon as after Wimbledon.
Jabeur, in style with different gamers and followers, thanked the followers in her submit.
“Even whereas I am away from the court docket, I am going to proceed to remain shut and linked in numerous methods, and share this journey with you all,” she wrote.
Printed – July 18, 2025 12:22 am IST
