Italian Fans Love Ons Jabeur
Tunisia’s Ons Jabeur has won more matches on clay this year, more than any other player on the WTA Tour. The 27-year-old, who claimed her first WTA 1000 title in Madrid and reached the finals in Stuttgart and Charleston, has an association with the red clay that has roots way back into her junior championship days.
Ons Jabeur first real succes on clay was in 2011 when she won the Roland-Garros junior girls singles title. Ons Jabuer confessed that Roland-Garros was the only Grand Slam she really knew about and how much she enjoys playing on the surface after her latest big win.
Recently, at the Italian, Jabeur came from 6-1, 5-2 to defeat Maria Sakkari 1-6, 7-5, 6-1 to win her 10th match on the trot and reach the semi-finals in Rome. She won the hearts of the Italian fans and for all you know her odds as the favourite for the title have just got a big boost.
Ons Jabeur also revealed that her French psychologist, Melanie Maillard, have been working together since 2017, and that she considers her to be her lucky charm.
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