The Arabs’ bet on Jaber is increasing in Roland Garros

Tunisian Anas Jaber has become the Arab bet with every major tennis tournament. And after the important achievement she achieved in the Australian Open, her bet is renewed again at Roland Garros to be the best representative of Tunisia and the Arab public in this major tournament.

Since the beginning of this year, the Tunisian, who became the first Arab player to reach the final price of the Roland Garros tournament, has set a goal to enter the club of female players ranked among the top twenty in the world, and it seems that she is on her way to achieving this after her achievement in the French capital.

Jaber is competing in the competitions of Roland Garros, who was crowned champion in the junior category in 2011 when she was sixteen years old and she is in the 31st place in the world, and there is no doubt that her results so far in the French championship qualify her to approach her goal and perhaps achieve it if she continues her journey in the roles. Advanced tournament.

Jaber reached the price of the final Saturday by defeating Belarusian Arena Sabalenka, the eighth, 7-6 (9-7), 2-6, 6-3, where she will meet American Daniel Collins.

Jaber commented on her ambition by telling the Olympic Channel website in a live interview on Instagram last month, “Before the start of the current season, I told my entire team that my goal is to enter the club of the first 20 players. From that moment my mind changed completely. ”

Jaber quickly put her words into action when she became the first Arab player to reach the quarter-finals of a major tournament, specifically in the Australian Open last January, overtaking British Johanna Kunta and former Danish first-seeded Caroline Wozniacki and the Australian champion in 2018.

The pressure was great on Jaber when she was crowned the champion of Roland Garros for juniors, and she said in this regard, “No player or player from Tunisia or even from Africa has been crowned champion of one of the Grand Slam tournaments in any category, it took (her achievement) a sensation in Tunisia. The Tunisian people were wonderful with me, but the transition to the professional world was very difficult. ”

“The people in Tunisia are encouraging me a lot …” Jaber said of the Tunisian audience, which is very passionate about her, follows her and encourages her constantly.

“The most important thing for me is that the Tunisian people always encourage me,” added the former champion in the junior category. This is very important to me. I also know that they are expecting me to go far in this tournament. ”

Jaber admitted that the downtime after the outbreak of the new Corona virus was very difficult, as activity stopped in March and did not return until August, and said in this regard, “It was very difficult, especially in the beginning because we were in a world of doubts and a lot of questions: When will we resume activity ? Will the scheduled tournaments and tournaments be canceled? Also, upon resuming training, I found it difficult to motivate myself in the absence of any entitlement.

But she indicated that she took advantage of the absence of the courses “to prepare in a better way and work to correct my mistakes during the break.”

Jaber’s goal remains to inspire Arab men and women through the results they achieve, and she said in this regard, “There are many supporters of the game following me, and I remember well the large crowd, especially in the Doha and Dubai tournaments, as I was unable to follow my talk to the media amid shouts of encouragement.”

She added, “I always try to advise them by saying, ‘In life nothing is impossible, we must believe in our capabilities, which are our way to success.”