Ons Jabeur

New world No.2 Ons Jabeur is the first big name through to the second round at Wimbledon following a straight-sets win over Swedish qualifier Mirjam ...

I do feel like I deserve to be in this level. I feel like I even gained and won matches to prove myself on this level. "I do feel more confident. Now I feel like I deserve it even more. Kind of start to be a leader on the court. That's a huge honour, great pressure for me to feel it," Jabeur said of her Eastbourne experience with Williams.

World No 2 Ons Jabeur opened her Wimbledon campaign with an impressive 6-1, 6-3 win against Mirjam Bjorklund that was a far cry from her first-round defeat ...

I do feel like I deserve to be in this level. It’s a privilege to play here. But the thing is, like I said before in the beginning of the season, I was like No 10 and 9, I said, I belong in this ranking and I don’t feel I deserve the spot to be maybe 5 or 4. I feel like I even gained and won matches to prove myself on this level. “I don’t like to make the same mistake twice,” she said, with a smile. I was joking with [Novak] Djokovic, I told him: ‘Give me some of the touch to win Wimbledon.’ I was stealing it.

No.3 seed Ons Jabeur dropped just four games against qualifier Mirjam Bjorklund in the first round of Wimbledon, while Alison Riske-Amritraj and Maja ...

"Obviously I want to turn that great pressure into great things on the court. This time last year, the Pole announced that she was taking an indefinite break from the sport due to depression. Jabeur on what's changed since Roland Garros: "I don't like to make the mistake twice. At Roland Garros, she was unable to translate her Madrid trophy into the result she wanted, crashing out in the first round to Magda Linette, and ahead of Wimbledon, Jabeur said that she had learned from that experience. Jabeur responded to the only two break points she faced all day by rattling off four straight points. Indeed, against Bjorklund, Jabeur barely put a foot wrong, striking 11 winners to the Swede's three.

New career-high WTA Ranking? Check! First-round win at Wimbledon? Check! Day one at Wimbledon 2022 was pretty special for Ons Jabeur.

- Wimbledon - Wimbledon She also started her grass-court season with the Berlin Open crown a fortnight ago.

Emma Raducanu held her own to fight past Alison Van Uytvanck and move into the round-of-64.

In the second set, Van Uytvanck broke Raducanu in the fourth game to lead 3-1 but wasn’t able to consolidate the break. The only time Jabeur’s serve came under trouble was in the seventh game of the second set when she faced a couple of break points. 2 in the WTA singles rankings, becoming the first player from Africa to notch the milestone.

The Tunisian, who beat Swede Mirjam Bjorklund 6-1 6-3 on Court One in under an hour, marked becoming the highest ranked African player in history by reaching ...

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The 27-year-old Tunisian surpassed South African Amanda Coetzer to become the highest-ranked African player in tennis history.

"I enjoy playing a lot on grass. "I learned a lot from the first round in Roland Garros. Hopefully I can be the level that Iga is playing right now." I do feel like I deserve to be in this level. I feel like more ready. "I do feel more confident.

The Tunisian is now the highest-ranked player from an African country in either ATP or WTA rankings history.

That means some guaranteed drops for players who did really well at SW19 last year, most notably men’s champion Novak Djokovic, men’s and women’s finalists Matteo Berrettini and Karolina Pliskova, and semifinalists Denis Shapovalov, Hubert Hurkacz, Angelique Kerber and Aryna Sabalenka. “But, yeah, I tried to learn from that, not overplay, not play a lot of matches on grass, just prepare myself for the main goal. Just invisible player going to Grand Slams, doing well sometimes. Facts & Stats Facts & Stats Facts & Stats