Tunisia's Ons Jabeur stuns Sabalenka, advances to Wimbledon's final

Jabeur is the only Arab and African professional tennis player to make it to a Wimbledon final.
Tunisia's Ons Jabeur returns the ball to Belarus's Aryna Sabalenka during their women's singles semi-finals tennis match on the eleventh day of the 2023 Wimbledon Championships at The All England Lawn Tennis Club in Wimbledon, southwest London, on July 13, 2023. (Photo by SEBASTIEN BOZON / AFP) / RESTRICTED TO EDITORIAL USE (Photo by SEBASTIEN BOZON/AFP via Getty Images)
Tunisia's Ons Jabeur returns the ball to Belarus's Aryna Sabalenka during their women's singles semifinals tennis match on the 11th day of the 2023 Wimbledon Championships at the All England Lawn Tennis Club in Wimbledon, southwest London, on July 13, 2023. - SEBASTIEN BOZON/AFP via Getty Images
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Tunisia's tennis star Ons Jabeur has booked a spot in the Wimbledon final after delivering an upset and defeating second-seeded Aryna Sabalenka on Thursday.

Jabeur, 28, pulled off a spectacular comeback after losing the first set and being down 2-4 in the second set. The sixth-seeded Jabeur won 6-7, 6-4, 6-3 and will be in the final for the second time in a row on Saturday, where she will face Czech player Marketa Vondrousova. 

Jabeur has reached the final in three of the last five Grand Slams.

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