Ons Jabeur has mentioned she is to take a “step again” from tennis for her personal wellbeing.
The WTA introduced, exterior on Thursday that the Tunisian had withdrawn from the upcoming Montreal Open and added that the 30-year-old was “the one participant within the prime 99 who has not entered subsequent month’s US Open”.
“For the previous two years I have been pushing myself so arduous, preventing by accidents and going through many different challenges,” wrote Jabeur in a social media publish.
“However, deep down, I have never felt comfortable on court docket for a while now.
“Tennis is such a fantastic sport. However proper now I really feel it is time to take a step again and eventually put myself first: to breathe, to heal, and to rediscover the enjoyment of merely dwelling.”
Jabeur has been as excessive as quantity two within the girls’s rankings however has now dropped to 71st on this planet.
A two-time Wimbledon runner-up, she retired from her first spherical match on the All England Membership this yr as she struggled on the event’s hottest ever opening day.
Following her Wimbeldon exit, Jabeur mentioned: “I am fairly unhappy, it actually would not actually assist with my confidence and what I hold pushing myself to do, though it has been a really powerful season for me.”
She added that she would relaxation and simply “attempt to disconnect slightly bit from tennis” and spend a while together with her household.
