00:00Former world number two Anse Jabir is taking a break from the women's tennis tour, saying it's time to breathe, to heal and rediscover the joy of simply living.
00:11The 30-year-old Tunisian retired from her first-round match at Wimbledon last week after suffering breathing problems during the tournament's hottest ever opening day.
00:21She'd reached the finals there in 2022 and 23, but has battled injuries in recent years, falling to her current ranking of 71.
00:31In a post on social media, Jabir said she'd been fighting many other challenges for the past two years and hadn't felt truly happy on the court for some time.
00:41In 2022, she was the first woman since Serena Williams to reach the Wimbledon and US Open finals in the same year, but fell short of becoming the first African or first Arab woman to win a Grand Slam title in the professional era.
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