'This is where I feel amazing' - Ons Jabeur begins quest for Wimbledon title

Sat in the All England Club’s media centre, Ons Jabeur was asked about her approach to setting goals for this year’s Wimbledon.

Two years ago, the Tunisian set a photo of the Wimbledon trophy as the lockscreen on her phone, hoping to manifest a run to the title. She came ever so close to achieving that, making it all the way to the final before she fell to Elena Rybakina.

Twelve months later, she reached the final again but lost to Marketa Vondrousova. Usually a firm believer in vocalising her goals, Jabeur first deflected with a joke before giving an answer.

“What I’m doing right now – maybe that’s why I lost the two finals – I’m eating more strawberries here. I feel like I missed a little bit of strawberries,” said the world No 10 with a chuckle. “I’m taking it one match at a time. I try to enjoy it; it’s been a bit tough.

“If I make it a third year in a row to the final, that would be like a dream. I know I have a big capacity of doing it, I’ve been working on myself a lot. I can see myself winning this tournament hopefully.”

She took a step in the right direction on Tuesday by breezing through her first-round match against Moyuka Uchijima of Japan with a 6-3, 6-1 victory.

A few hours hours after Jabeur spoke in the media centre, American world No 2 Coco Gauff was asked if she could name some of the players she admired most on tour. After hailing the mentality of world No 1 Iga Swiatek, Gauff named Jabeur.

“I think she's the nicest person and such a competitor on and off the court. I think Ons is somebody that was one of the first players to be super nice to me when I was 15 coming on tour,” Gauff recalled.

When Jabeur broke down in tears during the trophy ceremony after she lost a second straight Wimbledon final last