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London — Tunisia Ons Jabeur became the first Arab and African woman to reach the Wimbledon final with a 6-2 3-6 6-1 victory over her barbecue companion Tunisia Maria on Thursday, across the continent. Raised the spirit.
Before she came to court, the great American Billie Jean King said that Jabber "uses tennis as a platform to help Tunisia, Africa, and the Arabs." Told. A remarkable run of two mothers Maria.
Maria (34) was forced to save three breakpoints in the opening game, but before Jabber sealed the opening set, the third and seven. I couldn't extend that resistance because I dropped the serve in the second game. When the German hits the backhand for a long time.
However, Maria in 103rd place took the lead of 3-1 in the second place and held the advantage to raise the level, so she gave the victory on a platter to the opponent she called "family". When the third seed sliced the backhand into the net.
However, Jabber finally responded to the world's second-largest claim and escaped in the third set, final with Romanian 16th-seeded 2019 champion Simona Halep or Russian-born Kazakh 17th-seeded Elena Rybakina. I have set up a showdown. (Report by Prithha Sarkar, edited by Ken Ferris)
