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Ons Jabeur reaches for the first time in his career, at 27, his first Grand Slam semi-final.
She is also the first player from the African continent to reach the semi-finals of a Grand Slam tournament since South Africa's Amanda Coetzer in 1997. And the first Arab player, period.
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I try to set a good example for Arab women.
It means a lot.
This proves that we can do great things and that we should not be afraid.
I had hoped to reach this stage for a long time.
I had some difficulties in the quarter-finals.
Hicham Arazi
(former Moroccan player),
told me, the Arabs always lose in the quarter-finals and we're fed up!
Please stop it (smiles).
He really happy and he told me.
“Thank you for finally making it to the semi-finals.
Now you can really go for the title
”.
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Jabeur will face the surprise of his half of the table on Thursday, the German Tatjana Maria, 34 years old and a novice at this level as well.
An opponent who is also one of her best friends on the circuit, “
her barbecue partner
”.
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They invited me once to their house.
It was really great to be with them.
I particularly like Charlotte
(one of Maria's two daughters).
She is really nice.
The little one is always smiling, she has a lot of energy. I'm really happy for her that she gets what she deserves.
She had a very difficult draw, beating Ostapenko and Sakkari.
I know she can play very well on grass.
I know she struggled a lot.
This does
"But Thursday no friendship that holds:"
It's obviously difficult to play against her and I was joking with Charlotte
(Maria's daughter),
I said to her: 'Are you going to support me or your mother?
I try to put all the children on my side, using the family
(smiles).
It will be a great match between us, with a lot of respect, that's for sure.
Maybe we won't be friends for two hours, I don't know how long the match will last, and we'll be friends again at the end.
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