Ons Jabeur will face off against Marketa Vondrousova in the Wimbledon final shortly and many have predicted that the Middle East trailblazer will seal her first Grand Slam.
Jabeur has lost in multiple Grand Slam finals including last year's Wimbledon but has not shown battle scars coming back to defeat Elena Rybakina during this year's tournament.
She faces an unseeded player and Barbara Schett believes that Jabeur's time is coming.
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“What a performance it was from Ons. Especially after losing the first set being down 4-2, she managed to turn it around,” the Austrian told Eurosport.
“I was in awe the way she was returning, the way she dealt with the power shots of Aryna Sabalenka and also she moved extremely well and her mindset, it’s so different here in Wimbledon this year.
“It shows you how strong she is mentally and she said it as well after losing the first set, she took all that anger together and moved into some positive thinking and that’s why she won the match as well.
“She wants to grab her first Grand Slam title. At the beginning of the year, she was struggling with so many injuries. Now, she has found her form. She’s playing some of her best tennis and with that combination of being mentally so strong as well. I think it’s her time.”
Mats Wilander also chimed in also on Eurosport about her tactical approach and saw the final against an unseeded player as a big chance for the Tunisian.
“The big difference with her is that the intensity is higher all the time and the way that comes out in her game is that she becomes more aggressive. She’s hungrier on the ball and she’s hitting less finesse shots,” said the Swede.
“I think she’s shown everybody, she’s shown the locker room, but she’s also shown herself what she needs to do and what she’s capable of doing when she steps in and becomes aggressive.
“This is easily the one that she has the most chance on paper. The way that she has played, I would say that she’s in better form now than she was in those two slams last year. She will go in as a very heavy favourite.”
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