 Billie Jean King has sent a message to Ons Jabeur following heartbreak for the Tunisian trailblazer in Saturday's Wimbledon final. Jabeur went into the Championship match as the strong favourite against unseeded world No.42 Marketa Vondrousova but lost in straight sets. It means the 28-year-old has lost two successive Wimbledon finals after a runner-up finish to Elena Rybakina and Jabeur has labelled her defeat to Vondrousova as the most painful loss of her entire career. Jabeur was bidding to become Africa's first female Grand Slam champion and was in floods of tears on Centre Court following Vondrousova's stunning victory. Tennis legend King has now fired a message to Jabeur as she told the BBC: 'It's unbelievable. It was so emotional to watch that match from the Royal Box today. 'Ons Jabeur is going to have to go and start over because I know how much she wants to win. 'Everyone here wanted her to win. You couldn't believe the crowd and the noise. I haven't heard Centre Court like that in a long time. 'It was emotionally very difficult for her. Every time the crowd got behind her. She cares so much. 'You really have to isolate and get in the now, in the process, one ball at a time. That's all that matters. Everything else you have to push out, but it's not that easy.' British tennis star Naomi Broady added: 'Ons Jabeur will kick herself. Mentally it became too much, just as it did in last year's final.' Four-time Grand Slam champion Kim Clijsters, meanwhile, said: 'It's the toughest part about sport. Ons Jabeur was the favourite today. 'Coming out here as the favourite was a new situation for her and she unfortunately wasn't able to do it. 'She will question why she is overwhelmed with all these negative emotions when she gets to the big stages of a tournament. It's very unfortunate and sad to see.' MORE : MORE : Ons Jabeur fights back tears following 'most painful loss of){kind=link}
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Billie Jean King has sent a message to Ons Jabeur following heartbreak for the Tunisian trailblazer in Saturday’s Wimbledon final.
Jabeur went into the Championship match as the strong favourite against unseeded world No.42 Marketa Vondrousova but lost in straight sets.
It means the 28-year-old has lost two successive Wimbledon finals after a runner-up finish to Elena Rybakina and Jabeur has labelled her defeat to Vondrousova as the most painful loss of her entire career.
Jabeur was bidding to become Africa’s first female Grand Slam champion and was in floods of tears on Centre Court following Vondrousova’s stunning victory.