Ons Jabeur exacts revenge as defending champion Elena Rybakina suffers Wimbledon quarterfinal exit
It was the perfect revenge from Ons Jabeur. At the same place, on the same arena, exactly a year later, Jabeur won it in the same fashion as she had lost the biggest opportunity of her career. In 2022 Wimbledon final, the Tunisian, the overwhelming favourite back then, won the opening set before going down in the next two to hand Elena Rybakina the Venus Rosewater Dish. On Wednesday evening, in front of a packed Centre Court crowd, Jabeur conceded the first set, but bounced back in brutal manner to crush Rybakina's hope of a second successive title triumph at the All England Club as she won, 6-7(5), 6-4, 6-1 to reach the semifinal. The sixth seed will next face world no.2 and reigning Australian Open winner Aryba Sabalenka, who defeated American Madison Keys in straight sets to reach a second consecutive semi-final.
Jabeur will play second seed Aryna Sabalenka in the semis after the Belarusian beat American Madison Keys in straight sets earlier.
"I wish we could exchange this match from the final last year," Jabeur said. "I'm very happy with the performance. There was a lot of emotion out there, especially playing someone who serves really well. It's frustrating to return but I'm glad I did everything, shouted, got angry then got calm and focused.
"The first (set) should have gone my way. I honestly doubted a little bit. I kept yelling at my coach saying, 'You told me to play like this and look what's happening'.
"Then I really tried to get back in the zone and believe this plan is the plan and kept going. I think I'm going to end up writing a book about my emotions because this is unbelievable.
"Hopefully I can keep managing my emotions like this for the next few matches."
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