"I’m going for my revenge": Jabeur has settling the score in mind when facing Rybakina in Wimbledon final repeat

Tuesday, 11 July 2023 at 11:30

Tunisia’s Ons Jabeur has stated that she is going for ‘revenge’ in her quarterfinal clash against last year’s final opponent Elena Rybakina.

The 28-year-old secured her place in the last eight of the third Grand Slam of the year after thrashing Czech Republic’s Petra Kvitova in straight sets with a score of 6-0, 6-3 on Monday.

That victory sets up a repeat of the last year's Wimbledon final where Jabeur suffered a heartbreaking defeat against Rybakina with a score of 3–6, 6–2, 6–2.

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Talking after her triumph in the round of 16 clash, the current world number six stated that she is expecting a tough fixture against the 24-year-old, who according to her is an ‘amazing player’.

“It’s a difficult match, you know,” she said. “I’m probably going for my revenge. It was a difficult final last year. It’s going to bring a lot of memories. I’m hoping to play like today and, you know, just get the win because she’s an amazing player. You can see she’s like boom boom all the time. She had no mercy on her. So let’s see what’s going to happen.”

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Jabeur and Rybakina have faced off four times in professional tennis where there is nothing much to choose from as both secured two victories each.

Interestingly, the Ksar Hellal-born’s both victories against the current world number three came on the hard court. On the other hand, Rybakina registered a victory on grass and clay courts.

Despite the record of never beating Rybakina on the grass court, Jabeur will be pretty optimistic going into the match as she has only lost one set in the tournament so far, which she did against Canada’s Bianca Andreescu in the third round.

Other than that, Jabeur has defeated all her other opponents — Poland’s Magdalena Frech, China’s Zhuoxuan Bai and Kvitova — in straight sets.

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