Ons Jabeur honoured and privileged to play doubles with Serena Williams - I’m actually nervous
India Today
Before the match alongside the 40-year-old Serena Williams in a WTA event, Jabeur said that she has buttlerflies in her stomach.
Tunisian tennis star Ons Jabeur sounded excited as she is set to partner the legendary Serena Williams at the WTA event in Eastbourne. The 40-year-old Williams hasn’t taken part in a tour for almost a year, but made her way into the upcoming Wimbledon as one of the wildcard entries.
Prior to the grass-court tournament, which is set to get underway in less than a fortnight, Williams is set to warm up by playing alongside Jabeur. Ahead of her match with the legend, Jabeur, also the current world no.4, said that she had butterflies in her stomach.
"It is an honor and privilege to play with her. I’m actually nervous, but I’m going to try to be the doubles specialist for the next week,” Jabeur was quoted as saying by Racquet in Berlin.
"But it’s a great honor to play with such a legend, and to be able to really share the court with her is unbelievable because we never played each other and now we’re playing next to each other," she stated.
"My coach, he’s in contact with her coach. I mean, obviously the answer was yes. She was coming back, I didn’t know where. I wasn’t sure, actually, to play at Eastbourne. But now I’m 100 percent sure I will go, just for doubles," Jabeur added.
On Thursday, June 16, Jabeur defeated USA’s Alycia Parks in the Round of 16 match of the Berlin Championship at the Steffi Graff Stadium.
Last month, Jabeur made a shock exit in the first round of the French Open 2022 at Roland Garros where Poland’s Magda Linette defeated her in a thrilling three-setter.
