'It is such an inspiration for the kids back home and she really is flying the flag for Africa.' Tunisia's Ons Jabeur - Africa's highest ever ranking singles tennis player - is in second round action at Wimbledon today. 🇹🇳 🎾
Tunisian tennis player Ons Jabeur has won three career singles titles to climb to second in the WTA rankings
Jabeur rose to number two in the WTA rankings on Monday to make her the highest-ever ranked African singles player in the open era.in the first round at Wimbledon, where she will play Poland's Katarzyna Kawa in the second round on Wednesday.lost in the first round at the French Open"That is probably one of the biggest things that Ons is going to have to try and face," Black told BBC Sport Africa.
"She's such a smart girl, she's learning as she's going along and she said that the French Open was a big learning curve for her. Jabeur herself has actually welcomed the expectations that come with her position as Africa's top tennis player. "[I'm] very happy with the with the way I was playing lately and proud with the personality that I've developed.
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