In the new WTA ranking updated this Monday, May 23, 2022, the Tunisian tenniswoman Ons Jabeur retains its 6th place in the world with 4,380 points, despite its failure yesterday in Roland-Garros where it was eliminated from the start.
The blow is tough for jabeur which seemed to be the number 1 outsider to hinder the plans of the world number 1 IGA Swiatek.
Ons Jabeur, who became a 6th world player a week ago, was betting a lot on Roland-Garros to start a new chapter in his career. She was in good shape with a top morale. She had regained her cruising pace. Better yet, she had spent a new course in her game.
Yesterday, opposite the Polish Magda Linette, 56th in the WTA ranking, Ons Jabeur collapsed, being beaten in three sets (6-3, 6-7, 5-7). She leaves Roland-Garros by the little door while all Paris was looking forward to seeing this prodigy playing that could have stood up to the world number 1, if only for the show.
In view of what she has shown in recent weeks on clay, Ons Jabeur, titled in Madrid and finalist in Rome, also a winner of the Roland-Garros junior tournament in 2011, may have gained the right to be considered the main outsider.
She has just spoiled a golden opportunity to shine under the Paris sun, but also to enter the top 5 of the best players in the world, two lenses that she has been pursuing for years.
In the WTA Live classification of today, Ons Jabeur even appears in the 3rd world position … But as Roland-Garros will evolve, his pursuers in the classification will have the opportunity to garner points and it is expected that the Tunisian losing places.
After his elimination, ons Jabeur published a tweet expressing his disappointment: “I feel disappointment, of course, but I will be patient and strong and I believe that incredible things will happen,” she noted. Ons Jabeur also thanked all those who supported her, assuring that it is time to rest to bounce back.
