WIMBLEDON, England (AP) — One point away from her biggest win at Wimbledon, Ons Jabeur knelt down at the back of Centre Court and vomited.
Then she got back up and finished the job.
Jabeur came from a set down to beat former Wimbledon champion Garbine Muguruza 5-7, 6-3, 6-2 and reach the fourth round of the grass-court Grand Slam for the first time.
The Tunisian threw up before her first match point, then converted her second with a forehand winner and fell on her back on the grass. Jabeur reached the quarterfinals of last year’s Australian Open but said this was the best day of her career.
Jabeur had not been past the second round at the All England Club in three previous appearances and was playing on Centre Court for the first time. Muguruza won Wimbledon in 2017 and the French Open in 2016.
Muguruza saved 24 break points in total but still lost her serve five times against the big-hitting Jabeur, who finished with 44 winners.
Tiafoe vs. Khachanov
Frances Tiafoe thinks he was so focused on a desire to get some revenge for a third-round loss to Karen Khachanov at Wimbledon in 2018 that he wound up with the same result against the same opponent at the same stage of the tournament.
Said Tiafoe: “I played a little tight. I knew it was a good opportunity. I just wanted to win too bad.”
Three years ago, Tiafoe grabbed the opening two sets against Khachanov before allowing the Russian to come back to win in five. This time, the 23-year-old from Maryland never was really in the match and lost 6-3, 6-4, 6-4.
“I was playing tentatively. I wasn’t playing so aggressive,” Tiafoe said. “I was letting him dictate play.”
He came into Friday in good form, having won all 29 service games during two victories this week, including an upset of No. 3 seed Stefanos Tsitsipas, who was coming off a run to the final at the French Open.
But Tiafoe got broken three times by the 25th-seeded Khachanov.
“Not my best day,” Tiafoe said, “by any means.”
Sabalenka vs. Osorio Serrano
