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Jabeur gains revenge for last year's final and may go all the way this time

- NEIL MCLEMAN

ONS JABEUR gained revenge for last year's Wimbledon final defeat to Elena Rybakina guarantee there will be a new women's champion this year.

to And now the world No.6 aims to settle the score for her 2021 loss here to Aryna Sabalenka and "make Tunisia and Africa proud." Russian-born Kazakh Rybakina came back from a set down to win her first Grand Slam title against Jabeur last year.

But back on the same Centre Court yesterday, the Tunisian turned the tables in the re-match with her aggressive tactics seeing her triumph 6-7 6-4 6-1. She broke the big-serving defending champion five times and hit 35 winners.

"It feels great," said the world No.6. "Crazy match but I'm glad I got the win this time. I'm a different player from last year. I have learned a lot from the final last year.