In the absence of a British woman to cheer to the end, the Centre Court crowd had the next best thing in the form of Ons Jabeur.
They love the Tunisian. They love her wit, her humility, her demonstrative nature on court, her flamboyant shots, her mild temper tantrums, her unpredictability. They love that she is a trailblazer for Arabic and African women’s tennis, they loved her on Break Point, the Netflix series that trailed various stars as they tried to win a grand-slam event last year and the way she was fêted in her homeland as the “Minister of Happiness” despite losing two grand-slam singles finals.
Most of all they love that she was forced to relive the final of last summer’s Wimbledon
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