"Playing some good tennis but she stalls": Connors admits vital flaw in Jabeur's major final psyche

Former world number one Jimmy Connors has highlighted the problems faced by Tunisia’s Ons Jabeur in the final of the Grand Slams.

The 28-year-old recently suffered defeat in the final of the Wimbledon 2023 despite starting as the favourite against Czech Republic’s Marketa Vondrousova in straight sets with a score of 6-4, 6-4.

The defeat was her second consecutive in Wimbledon as she also lost to Elena Rybakina last year with a score of 3–6, 6–2, 6–2.

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During those two heartbreaking defeats, the current world number six also suffered another major loss which was in the US Open last year where she was the second-best against current world number one Poland’s Iga Swiatek with a score of 6-2, 7-6.

Connors, who won eight Grand Slam titles in his illustrious career, was quoted in a report where he highlighted a flaw of Jabeur which according to him is causing an issue in big matches, such as the final of major events.

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"You know, I think she's been in three finals and out of the last five or six Grand Slams if I'm not mistaken,” said the 70-year-old. “And you know, playing some good tennis but she stalls. Yeah, it seems that she stalls when she gets to the final.

“I guess it was what, two or three years ago where, you know, I'm not gonna say you jumped on the Ons Jabeur bandwagon but you picked her for you know, for a while to really start breaking through and making a name for herself.”

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