In a candid reflection, Ons Jabeur reveals her battle with happiness, noting that her struggles stem from losses, injuries, and the disturbing news from Gaza, saying, "What’s happening in the world, I think it affected me more than I had expected. I try to stay away from the media, because every time I open a video it is horrible. I try to help as much as I can but the tough part is I know I cannot really help as much as I want to."
Jabeur candidly shares, "The loss at Wimbledon affected me also. A lot of things together, with the injuries and playing, all that baggage, didn't help the performance. I tried to remind myself why I started playing tennis. The tennis court should be my happy place. And if it's not the case that something is probably wrong."
Despite her public persona as the 'Minister of Happiness,' Jabeur admits her real emotions, saying, "Everybody calls me the Minister of Happiness, sees me happy all the time, but obviously I'm not happy all the time. There are some moments there, anger, sadness. You can see on the court, I get angry a lot. It's a mix of a lot of things."
As an ambassador for the World Food Programme, Jabeur advocates for humanitarian efforts, saying, "While I think tennis could have done more to help, she knows the politics of the situation."
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