Ons Jabeur is taking a hiatus from the ladies’s tennis tour, with the three-time main runner-up saying Thursday she desires to “rediscover the enjoyment of merely dwelling.”
As soon as ranked No. 2 on the WTA Tour, Jabeur has battled accidents lately and has fallen to her present No. 71. The 30-year-old from Tunisia retired due to problem respiration throughout her first-round match at Wimbledon, the place she reached the ultimate in 2022 and 2023, and will not be enjoying because the hard-court swing begins.
“For the previous two years, I have been pushing myself so onerous, preventing by way of accidents and going through many different challenges,” Jabeur wrote on Instagram. “However deep down, I have not felt actually blissful on the courtroom for a while now.
“Tennis is such a stupendous 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 achieve the ultimate at Wimbledon and Flushing Meadows in the identical 12 months. She fell wanting 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 following week.
She is 15-15 this 12 months after her 2024 season was minimize quick by a shoulder damage, 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 courtroom, I will proceed to remain shut and linked in numerous methods, and share this journey with you all,” she wrote.
