Ons Jabeur Opens Up About Mental and Physical Struggles in Wimbledon 2023 Documentary

In a documentary called This is Me retracing her journey and broadcast on January 7 on the TOD platform, Tunisian tennis player Ons Jabeur talks about her mental and physical difficulties. She returns, in particular, to the final of Wimbledon 2023, lost (6-4, 6-4) against Marketa Vondrousova, at the end of which she burst into tears and recognized that it was the hardest defeat of her career. It was in fact his 3rd Grand Slam final lost in a year, after having already missed the last step at Wimbledon in 2022 and at the US Open 2022.

“The day of the final, while doing my routine with Mélanie (Maillard, her psychologist), I told her: ‘I’m too stressed, I can’t, it’s too much, maybe I can say that I was having a panic attack,’” Jabeur recalls in this documentary. The Tunisian has for years set herself the challenge of becoming the first Arab and African woman to win a Grand Slam tournament. But she explains that in addition to this reason, another, more personal, handicapped her during her final at Wimbledon in 2023.

She had planned to become a mother if she won

“People think I have this pressure because I want to do it (win a Grand Slam title) for others, which is not true. There was something personal going on there (at Wimbledon). If I won this (final), I could have a baby right away. And that dream faded. I was haunted by fear. After all, I’m only human, what more can I do? » said Jabeur, who dreams of starting a family and had planned to put his career on hold to have a child if he won.

“It was the hardest loss of my career because emotionally it destroyed me. Not only winning Wimbledon, but the idea of ​​having a baby disappeared with the Wimbledon trophy. So I think that’s what killed us, Karim (her husband) and I, we were crying like babies. »

2024-01-06 23:32:07
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