Jabeur wins hearts of Centre Court crowd on way to victory over Muguruza

  • Tunisian seals 5-7, 6-3, 6-2 success against 2017 champion
  • Poland’s Iga Swiatek now awaits in the last 16 on Monday

The talent of Ons Jabeur has never been in doubt. Between her sweet, delicate hand skills, the boundless creativity she plays with and her possession of one of the most potent forehands across the land, she has always had everything within her game to defeat the best.

But whether she had the mental toughness in the tightest moments of the biggest matches was not always certain. Not when she was young, green and still finding her way on the WTA tour, and not even as she slowly began to mature into the top athlete she is today, one who still has plenty of room to improve.

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