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"contents": "<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The 28-year-old Jabeur, who lost her first Grand Slam title match at Wimbledon in July, was beaten 6-2 7-6(5) by world number one Swiatek at Flushing Meadows. </span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> </span>\r\n\r\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">She told reporters that not even the sting of defeat on the sport's biggest stage could keep her down for long.</span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> </span>\r\n\r\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">“I struggled to win my first WTA title. It took me time. 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This one is going to be tough,” Jabeur said.</span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> </span>\r\n\r\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">“I'm not someone that's going to give up. I am sure I'm going to be in the final again.”</span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> </span>\r\n\r\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The first Arab woman to reach a Grand Slam final, and first African woman to reach the US Open championship match, Jabeur said her message to the next generation of girls hoping to follow her path was: “Never give up.”</span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> </span>\r\n\r\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">“That's what I was trying to do all my career. I had some ups and downs. Before, it was injuries and getting to know myself on the court. After, it was losing the quarterfinals,” she said.</span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> </span>\r\n\r\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">“Then it evolved to losing finals. 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Especially since I didn't have anything to eat,” she said.</span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> </span>\r\n\r\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The two weeks of competition could scarcely have been sweeter for the Pole, who balanced her usual on-court seriousness with off-court fun.</span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> </span>\r\n\r\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">She grabbed a photo with her idol Serena Williams, rubbed shoulders with Olympic gold medallist Lindsey Vonn and swooned at the sight of singer Seal.</span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> </span>\r\n\r\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">“Actually after I met Seal, I was like, ‘Even if I'm going to lose right now I already won this tournament, because I got photo with him,’” said Swiatek.</span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> </span>\r\n\r\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">“It's something that it's only going to happen probably in New York - yeah, because it's New York.”</span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> </span>\r\n\r\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Swiatek, who has also won two French Open titles, fit right in with the city's boisterous fans and was greeted on the Flushing Meadows plaza for an ESPN interview with a roaring crowd of her compatriots after becoming the first Polish woman to win the tournament.</span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> </span>\r\n\r\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">“The energy that they give me, it’s surreal,” she said.</span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> </span>\r\n\r\n<p><a href=\"https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/us-open-grand-slam-2022-48/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-1393030\" src=\"https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/Tennis-US-Open-women1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"720\" height=\"436\" /></a> Ons Jabeur of Tunisia (right) and Iga Swiatek of Poland during the trophy ceremony at the US Open Tennis Championships, 10 September 2022. 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Especially since I didn't have anything to eat,” she said.</span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> </span>\r\n\r\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The two weeks of competition could scarcely have been sweeter for the Pole, who balanced her usual on-court seriousness with off-court fun.</span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> </span>\r\n\r\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">She grabbed a photo with her idol Serena Williams, rubbed shoulders with Olympic gold medallist Lindsey Vonn and swooned at the sight of singer Seal.</span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> </span>\r\n\r\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">“Actually after I met Seal, I was like, ‘Even if I'm going to lose right now I already won this tournament, because I got photo with him,’” said Swiatek.</span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> </span>\r\n\r\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">“It's something that it's only going to happen probably in New York - yeah, because it's New York.”</span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> </span>\r\n\r\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Swiatek, who has also won two French Open titles, fit right in with the city's boisterous fans and was greeted on the Flushing Meadows plaza for an ESPN interview with a roaring crowd of her compatriots after becoming the first Polish woman to win the tournament.</span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> </span>\r\n\r\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">“The energy that they give me, it’s surreal,” she said.</span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> </span>\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_1393030\" align=\"alignnone\" width=\"720\"]<a href=\"https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/us-open-grand-slam-2022-48/\"><img class=\"size-full wp-image-1393030\" src=\"https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/Tennis-US-Open-women1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"720\" height=\"436\" /></a> Ons Jabeur of Tunisia (right) and Iga Swiatek of Poland during the trophy ceremony at the US Open Tennis Championships, 10 September 2022. 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Ons Jabeur of Tunisia poses with the runner-up trophy after losing to Iga Swiatek of Poland during the women's final match at the US Open Tennis Championships, 10 September 2022. (Photo: EPA-EFE / RAY ACEVEDO)
Ons Jabeur of Tunisia (right) and Iga Swiatek of Poland during the trophy ceremony at the US Open Tennis Championships, 10 September 2022. (Photo: JUSTIN LANE EPA-EFE / RAY ACEVEDO)