By Photography by Ons Jabeur knows what it feels like to come agonizingly close to achieving your dream in front of more than 4.5 million viewers.
If she'd won Wimbledon in July of 2023, she would have become the first Arab woman and first African woman in history to win a Grand Slam title.
Entering the final as the odds-on favorite, she carried the weight of a continent and the dreams of young Muslim girls around the world.
And then she lost to unseeded Czech opponent Markéta Vondroušová.It was the third time Jabeur had felt the so-close-to-history-you-can-taste-it pain of defeat—she was the runner up in both the 2022 Wimbledon and US Open Grand Slam finals.
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