Wimbledon star Jabeur speaks out after being kicked off courtroom for breaking guidelines

Jabeur suffered her second successive Wimbledon closing defeat on Saturday, taking place to Vondrousova 6-4 6-4. Ahead of the ultimate, she had already suffered a blunder when she took to Centre Court in black garments and was made to cease practising till she received modified.

With the Tunisian contesting her third Grand Slam closing, some thought her gaffe was an indication of the place her thoughts was forward of the match. But talking after her 80-minute loss, Jabeur stated it was an harmless mistake.

“No, I completely forgot the white rules. When you go into a match court, you just dress up as normal clothes,” she defined. “For me, I completely forget that today I was warming up on Centre Court, it has to be all white. Yeah, I don’t know, it was just an honest mistake.”

Players are required to put on all-white when on one of many important courts on the All England Club, even when they don’t seem to be enjoying a match. The membership guidelines state: “Competitors must be dressed in suitable tennis attire that is almost entirely white and this applies from the point at which the player enters the court surround.”

With the roof closed forward of the ultimate as a result of climate warnings concerning the wind, Jabeur was given the prospect to observe on Centre Court a couple of hours earlier than the ultimate. And Chris Evert famous the clothes situation on the BBC.

“And by the way, Ons was wearing all black on Centre Court and they kicked her off,” she stated. “They kicked her off and made her put on white clothes. At Wimbledon you have to wear white! Even in the final of Wimbledon. I thought that was interesting.”