Ons Jabeur decided to raise his voice in the press conference and criticize the treatment that female tennis players are receiving in the Spanish tournament compared to men. A rather important controversy opened by the Tunisian, who declared without mincing words: “Tennis is one of the sports that I am very proud to be part of as a woman.
However, I feel that we still have a long way to go, especially here in Madrid and Rome, in Europe in general. I feel like they should respect women a lot more, the way we play. Let’s look at how the treatment of women is completely different to that of men.
Maybe people on the outside don’t realize it. I really like watching women’s tennis, I think we deserve better and I’m not saying this without making any effort” is the thought expressed by the player, highlighting the cases of the Spanish tournament and the Italian Internationals.
Jabeur in the quarterfinals
For the first time in the season Ons achieved the third consecutive victory in a competition: “It’s a really good feeling, I missed it obviously. I’m very proud of having kept patience, because the level I showed in training from Miami was impressive.
I didn’t miss a single training set, playing excellently, but not so much had emerged in the matches so far. I’m happy that I continued to believe in myself, that I told myself that sooner or later success would come.
I think I play great and keep the joy on the court.” At a certain point in the match, her opponent (Ostapenko) celebrated while looking towards her corner. Jabeur reacted like this in front of the media: “The truth is that everyone has a different personality on the pitch.
Everyone knows Jelena. She always tells me that sometimes the demons in her head come to light during the game, so I understand her. Maybe he said some bad words to them, but I think they can handle it because they are adults. It’s something that’s out of my control, the important thing is to have achieved the victory.”
