Ons Jabeur in motion on the WTA Finals. (Credit: Twitter)
“The situation in the world doesn’t make me happy,” Jabeur added as she broke down in tears, earlier than composing herself sufficient to speak in regards to the Israel-Hamas battle after her win.
An emotional Ons Jabeur mentioned she would donate a part of her WTA Finals prize cash to Palestinians after avenging her Wimbledon remaining defeat to Marketa Vondrousova on Wednesday.
After incomes her first win of the week on the season-ending championships in Cancun, Tunisia’s Jabeur choked again tears as she spoke on court docket.
“I am very happy with the win, but I haven’t been happy lately,” mentioned the one Arabic girl to achieve a Grand Slam remaining.
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“The situation in the world doesn’t make me happy,” Jabeur added as she broke down in tears, earlier than composing herself sufficient to speak in regards to the Israel-Hamas battle.
Ons Jabeur says she’s donating a portion of her prize cash to Palestine:“I am very happy with the win but I haven’t been very happy lately. The situation in the world doesn’t make me happy… I feel like… I am sorry. It’s very tough seeing children & babies dying every day.… pic.twitter.com/fVBz9McSjU
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“It’s very tough seeing children, babies dying every day,” she mentioned.
“It’s heartbreaking, so I’ve decided to donate part of my prize money to help the Palestinians.
“I cannot be happy with just this win, with what is happening. I’m sorry guys, it’s supposed to be about tennis, but it’s very frustrating looking at videos every day.
“I’m sorry — it’s not a political message, it’s just humanity. I want peace in this world and that’s it.”
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Later, in her put up-match press convention, the 29-12 months-outdated Jabeur mentioned it had been a problem to give attention to tennis.
“I try to stay off social media as much as I can, but it’s very tough,” Jabeur mentioned.
“You go through videos, photos, they’re horrible, horrible photos every day. It doesn’t help me sleep or recover very well and the worst thing is I feel hopeless.
“Maybe donating some money would help a little bit with what they have been going through. But I know money doesn’t mean anything right now to them. So I wish freedom for everybody and really peace for everyone.”
Jabeur should beat world quantity two Iga Swiatek within the remaining match of spherical-robin play on Friday to have any probability of qualifying for the semi-finals in Mexico.
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