On-stoppable force

Ons Jabeur endeared herself to the show-court crowds with wins over five-time champion Venus Williams and 2017 Wimbledon winner Garbine Muguruza.

However, the 26-year-old Tunisian was aiming at a far greater audience than those who paid a lot of money to watch her play-for she hopes her achievements will galvanize young Arab women and Africans to take up the sport.

The first Arab woman to win a WTA tournament on the eve of Wimbledon, and then the first into the last 16 of the major, seldom has there been a better opportunity for her wish to be fulfilled.

"I hope that so many of the young generation is watching, and I can inspire them," she said. "Hopefully one day I could be playing with a lot of players next to me."

Jabeur went on to make the quarterfinals where she was knocked out by Aryna Sabalenka.