PARIS : Tunisian Ons Jabeur is hoping the romantic atmosphere of Paris will help her quest for a maiden Grand Slam title after reaching the French Open quarter-finals for the first time on Monday.The world number seven was heartbroken after losing the Wimbledon and U.S. Open finals last year but the 28-ye
PARIS : Tunisian Ons Jabeur is hoping the romantic atmosphere of Paris will help her quest for a maiden Grand Slam title after reaching the French Open quarter-finals for the first time on Monday.
Jabeur became the first African player to reach the quarter-finals at each of the four majors in the Open Era. "I will have a very difficult quarter-final. I was just taking it one match at a time, trying to make it to the second week. Now I'm going to push more for the next few matches."
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