By Chris Oddo | @TheFanChild | Monday January 8, 2024
Ons Jabeur‘s disappointment over a heartbreaking loss in final 12 months’s Wimbledon ultimate was felt across the sporting world. There was way more to the disappointment than shedding a tennis match, reveals Jabeur in a brand new documentary about her, entitled “That is Me.”
In keeping with Jabeur, who’s a three-time Grand Slam finalist and the primary Arab lady to ever maintain a prime 5 rating or attain that far in a Grand Slam, she had deliberate to take time away from the game to have a baby along with her husband and coach Karim Kamoun.
“Individuals assume I’ve this strain as a result of I wished to [win a Grand Slam title] for others, which isn’t true. There was one thing private happening (at Wimbledon). If I had received, I used to be going to try to have a child immediately. And that dream pale. I used to be haunted by worry. In spite of everything, I am solely human, what extra can I do?” Jabeur mentioned, including: “It was the toughest lack of my profession as a result of emotionally it destroyed me. Not solely profitable Wimbledon, however the concept of getting a child disappeared after I misplaced.”
That is Me ❤️Coming quickly on Tod 🙏 https://t.co/eYtkNMNHXC
— Ons Jabeur (@Ons_Jabeur) December 28, 2023
Within the documentary, produced by TOD, Jabeur additionally reveals the character of a scary harm that left her sidelined for 5 weeks early final season.
She wanted surgical procedure to exchange an enlarged nodule that was stopping oxygen from reaching her lungs. She missed 5 weeks, however didn’t discuss in regards to the harm to reporters.
The Tunisian trailblazer’s journey to her second Wimbledon ultimate got here simply 4 months after her return from that harm. She misplaced the ultimate to Marketa Vondrousova, however vowed afterwards to proceed chasing her dream of profitable a serious.
“It is painful since you really feel so near reaching one thing that you really want, and truly again to sq. one. Once more, simply attempt to eliminate these damaging ideas and proceed being constructive,” she mentioned.
seventh of January, on TOD pic.twitter.com/tMPXOJ0jz9
— Ons Jabeur (@Ons_Jabeur) January 3, 2024
Following its premiere on BeIN’s TOD, Jabeur’s documentary might be made out there on numerous streaming platforms.
Jabeur, in the meantime, will take her place at subsequent week’s Australian Open, with plans to proceed inspiring followers and friends all world wide, and perhaps a brand new plan for turning into a mom – when the time is true.