"We need to be treated better": Jabeur aims to fight for change amid Madrid Open fiasco

Ons Jabeur was one of the main players to speak up amid the fiasco surrounding the Madrid Open and the Women's Doubles Final and speaking ahead of the Rome Open, she admitted that she hopes it never happens again.

"I honestly don't know what happened. Definitely unacceptable not to give the opportunity for players to speak. I hope it's just a misunderstanding. I still don't have the full picture to see what happened exactly. I spoke to some players. We'll see what happened. For sure I hope this thing will never happen again."

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For Jabeur, she hopes that it fosters dialogue and enables further discussion regarding the treatment of WTA players.

"I'm not trying to fight with anyone. I'm not trying to, but I feel like we need to be treated better, we need to be treated in the right way. That was not the case back in Madrid or back in other tournaments."

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She also encouraged others to learn more about factors affecting the sport and use it to implement change.

"For me, I think some players, they don't know the facts entirely in many other issues. We need to speak between each other and raise the issue before going out and saying any other thing."

"I feel like we need to be more educated about certain stuff to be able to speak about it. I feel like everybody should speak about it. Iga is someone that's also vocal about a lot of things. I appreciate she's also having the time to speak to all of the other players."