‘Zombie’ Jabeur refuses to let sickness defeat her at US Open

AFP

Tunisia’s Ons Jabeur stated she looks like a “zombie” resulting from an sickness she has been coping with however the fifth seed is decided to soldier on on the US Open after battling previous Czech teenager Linda Noskova 7-6(7) 4-6 6-3 on Thursday.

The 29-year-old suffered respiration difficulties throughout her gritty first-round win over Colombia’s Camila Osorio and was not at her finest bodily towards Noskova, getting by a tricky match in just a little over two hours.

“I’m a zombie because I have a flu,” stated Jabeur, including that she had taken a break in July following her Wimbledon last defeat to remain contemporary for the remainder of the season.

Jabeur stated she had been struggling for a few week with the sickness and was “taking a lot of medicine”.

“I’m doing everything I can with my team trying to recover,” she added. “They have wonderful docs right here, so they have been serving to me. I mainly took each remedy they’ve.

“I’m glad it was two matches, two tests. I was trying to push myself to see what I can do, getting out of my comfort zone. Hopefully, I’ll continue in better shape and feel better for the next match.”

Jabeur meets Czech Marie Bouzkova within the subsequent spherical and is decided to proceed her run.

“Emotionally I could be tired, but I know if I just let go I’ll regret it after, so I want to continue and stay in New York as long as I can,” she stated.

Several gamers on the yr’s last Grand Slam have been hit by sicknesses, together with Dominic Thiem, Chris Eubanks and Hubert Hurkacz.

Reuters has reached out to US Open officers in regards to the sicknesses they usually stated they had been wanting into it.

ESPN stated earlier this week that John McEnroe was absent from his analyst duties on the US Open after testing optimistic for COVID.