![]() ![]() ![]() The second set was much like the first as Jabeur practically gave away the match by again losing the last three games of a Wimbledon final with an avalanche of errors. Five straight games went much that way, and Ons was down 6-4, 1-0. All of her fans back home in Tunisia must have been celebrating Saturday morning when she took a 4-2 lead in the first set.īut so quickly, she was facing three break points. Jabeur can hit some of the prettiest shots you’ll ever see on the grand stage of Wimbledon. I don’t think it was as much Marketa Vondrousova winning Wimbledon’s women’s title as it was Jabeur losing the final. The 2022 French Open is set to begin on May 16th. “It’s simple to open Lenglen and Chatrier and have the two women’s matches at 1 p.m. on the second and third courts?” she wrote on Twitter at the time. “ What message are we sending by taking the decision to put the two women’s semi-finals at 11 a.m. Due to bad weather during the tournament, matches were delayed which caused a backlog. In 2018 Mauresmo criticised Forget’s management of the French Open scheduling after the women’s semi-final matches were removed from the showpiece court where the men’s took place. I am happy and proud that the federation can rely on these talented people,” said Moretton. “Amélie is a woman of character, who likes to challenge and likes to be challenged. She was also offered the role of Davis Cup captain but later declined in order to work with Pouille. After retiring from the sport, she worked as a coach for players such as Andy Murray and Lucas Pouille. She also held the world No.1 ranking for 39 weeks and is the only player from her country to have held that position since the system was introduced back in the 1970s. Mauresmo won 25 WTA titles during her career, including the Australian Open and Wimbledon during 2006. I will carry them out with the same high standards, freedom and passion that has always driven me.” “I have the position of tournament director with clear ambitions. “I am very proud to join the Roland-Garros team,” Mauresmo said in a statement. The appointment follows a report by newspaper L’Equipe saying that the former player was the preferred choice of FFT chief Gilles Moretton and talk of her potentially taking the role first emerged during the end of October. Forget was the tournament director since 2016. Mauresmo, who won two Grand Slam titles during 2006, takes over from Guy Forget who officially resigned from the position earlier this month after citing communication issues with the head of the French Tennis Federation (FFT). ![]()
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