{"id":11612,"date":"2023-07-17T07:33:01","date_gmt":"2023-07-17T07:33:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/kede.com.br\/sport\/wimbledon-2023-womens-final-ons-jabeur-calls-defeat-her-most-painful-loss\/"},"modified":"2023-07-17T07:33:03","modified_gmt":"2023-07-17T07:33:03","slug":"wimbledon-2023-womens-final-ons-jabeur-calls-defeat-her-most-painful-loss","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kede.com.br\/sport\/wimbledon-2023-womens-final-ons-jabeur-calls-defeat-her-most-painful-loss\/","title":{"rendered":"Wimbledon 2023 women’s final: Ons Jabeur calls defeat her ‘most painful loss’"},"content":{"rendered":"


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There was Andy Murray in 2012, Jana Novotna in 1993 and Roger Federer in 2008. <\/span><\/p>\n

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Centre Court has seen the highs but this intimate amphitheatre, a cosy living room of a sporting arena, also exposes those crushing lows. <\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

Like those before her, the raw emotion poured out of Ons Jabeur as she broke into tears – beaten in the Wimbledon women’s final for the second year in a row.<\/span><\/p>\n

“I will try but this is very, very tough,” the Tunisian said as she stepped up to speak after her 6-4 6-4 defeat by Marketa Vondrousova. <\/span><\/p>\n

You could not help but think back to Britain’s Murray, who 11 years earlier stood in the very same spot as he sobbed “I’m going to try this and it’s not going to be easy”.<\/span><\/p>\n

Or to Novotna 30 years ago when she cried on the shoulder of the Duchess of Kent – one of Wimbledon’s most iconic moments. This time Jabeur was comforted by the Princess of Wales.<\/span><\/p>\n

“She didn’t know if she wants to give me a hug or not,” Jabeur, 28, said. “I told her hugs are always welcome from me.”<\/span><\/p>\n

It felt like it was going to be Jabeur’s year. <\/span><\/p>\n

She served her time in last year’s final when she took the first set before being beaten by Elena Rybakina. Throughout that run she had had the Venus Rosewater dish as the image on the lockscreen on her phone.<\/span><\/p>\n

This year, the lockscreen changed to her niece and nephew, the ghost of Rybakina was banished in the quarter-finals over three tight sets. <\/span><\/p>\n

Aryna Sabalenka, this year’s Australian Open winner, was beaten amid a wave of momentum in the semi-finals with Jabeur seemingly on course to become the first African or Arab woman to win a Grand Slam singles title.<\/span><\/p>\n