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Ons Jabeur declared that it will be 'difficult' to play a semi-final against one of her closest friends in tennis, as she remains on course to become the first African or Arab woman to lift the Wimbledon singles' title.
The 27-year-old Tunisian's semi will see her go up against the German Tatjana Maria, whom she described as her 'barbecue buddy' and 'a great friend' whose own arrival in the semi-final at the age of 34 should be a source of inspiration.
'I wish players look up to her because she's suffered to appear in a Grand Slam semi-final,' Jabeur said of the mother-of-two. 'Look at her now - she's in a semi-final after having two babies.'
Ons Jabeur has reached the Wimbledon semi-finals after battling past Marie Bouzkova
Jabeur faced her own initial struggle to earn the right to face her friend.
It was with tone of a woman who had forgotten what it meant to lose that Jabeur said last week that 'tennis is a tricky sport. You can lose every week, which is not fine.'
But having begun to look unbreakable,
