Ons Jabeur Just Wants to Win
24.08.2023 - 13:35
/ glamour.com
By Photography by Ons Jabeur knows what it feels like to come agonizingly close to achieving your dream in front of more than 4.5 million viewers.
If she'd won Wimbledon in July of 2023, she would have become the first Arab woman and first African woman in history to win a Grand Slam title.
Entering the final as the odds-on favorite, she carried the weight of a continent and the dreams of young Muslim girls around the world.
And then she lost to unseeded Czech opponent Markéta Vondroušová.It was the third time Jabeur had felt the so-close-to-history-you-can-taste-it pain of defeat—she was the runner up in both the 2022 Wimbledon and US Open Grand Slam finals.
This year’s loss was an episode of deja vu so emotional it to make Catherine, the Princess of Wales, tear up as she watched from the royal box.
With millions of eyes on her, Jabeur said to herself she wouldn’t cry.
Then the princess appeared on Centre Court and, breaking with royal protocol, offered her a hug.“Her voice is very soft and you can feel her presence.
As soon as she said, ‘It’s okay,’ I burst into tears,” Jabeur says.
“I still feel kind of ashamed that I cried in front of so many people, but I couldn’t hold it in, you know?”I do know.
At some point, we’ve all experienced the hot humiliation of trying and failing to do something big, of coming up short in the final moments.
Most of us are just lucky enough not to have to lose in front of global news cameras, celebrities, and literal royalty.
We experience failure inside our own little shame caves, convinced we must be the only ones.
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