LONDON: It was a windswept afternoon at Wimbledon. The sun played hide-and-seek, rain drops fell here and there, some on your head. Ons Jabeur required her talent to shine. She needed her spin and slices, every d ink and dent in her armoury to count against the defending champion Elena Rybakina.
Centre Court was rooting unabashedly for the 28-year-old of myriad shots, not very different from 12 months ago, when she lost the final after taking the opening set against t he Kazakh. Rybakina, the big serving third seed, was tipped to make back-to-back finals. Only the crafty Tunisian had other plans.
