Tunisia's Jabeur plays mind games to climb rankings


  • Tennis
  • Friday, 02 Oct 2020

FILE PHOTO: Tennis - WTA Premier 5 - Italian Open - Foro Italico, Rome, Italy - September 15, 2020 Tunisia's Ons Jabeur in action during her first round match against Coco Gauff of the U.S. Pool via REUTERS/Clive Brunskill

PARIS (Reuters) - Ons Jabeur was fed up with her ranking at the start of 2020, having dropped to 85th in the world, but after making mental adjustments the Tunisian is firmly on course to achieve her target of breaking into the women's top 20.

Jabeur became the first Arab woman to reach a Grand Slam quarter-final at this year's Australian Open to start climbing the rankings and she has not looked back since.

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