NEW YORK: Ons Jabeur overcame breathing difficulties to secure a gritty 7-5 7-6(4) first round win over Colombia's Camila Osorio on Tuesday (Aug 29) at the US Open where the Tunisian fifth seed is hoping to end a run Grand Slam near misses. Jabeur, in her first Grand Slam since suffering 'the most painful
NEW YORK: Ons Jabeur overcame breathing difficulties to secure a gritty 7-5 7-6 first round win over Colombia's Camila Osorio on Tuesday at the US Open where the Tunisian fifth seed is hoping to end a run Grand Slam near misses.
"I know at some point I didn't have the best attitude on the court but I was trying, you know, to get to play. While serving with a 4-3 lead Jabeur told the chair umpire she was having trouble breathing and then went on to lose the game as Osorio broke to get the match back on serve.
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