Jabeur became the world number two player and then made history as the first African or Arab woman to reach a Grand Slam singles final
Novak Djokovic said he gave away his French Open winning racquet to a young boy watching courtside for “giving me the right tactics”.
The world number one claimed a 19th Grand Slam title and became the first man in 52 years to win all four majors twice when he came from two sets down to beat Stefanos Tsitsipas 6-7 (6/8), 2-6, 6-3, 6-2, 6-4.
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At the end of the four-hour and 11-minute final, the 34-year-old Djokovic handed his racquet to the youngster who was then pictured on TV jumping for joy and in shock at the gesture.
“He was in my ear the entire match basically, especially when I was two sets to love down. He was encouraging me. He was actually giving me tactics, as well,” said Djokovic.
“He was like, ‘Hold your serve, get an easy first ball, then dictate, go to his backhand.’ He was coaching me literally.
“I found that very cute, very nice. So I felt like to give the racquet to the best person was him after the match. That was kind of my gratitude for him sticking with me and supporting me.”
Jabeur became the world number two player and then made history as the first African or Arab woman to reach a Grand Slam singles final
Djokovic and Kyrgios meet in a hotly-anticipated Wimbledon final today with the Serb gunning for a seventh title and the divisive Australian a first
Jabeur made history as the first African or Arab woman to reach a Grand Slam singles final in the modern era
Nick Kyrgios advances to Sunday's final
Both champions had to dig deep to be in Friday's Wimbledon semifinals, writes Sumit Chakraberty
Nadal had said that he did not know if he would be fit to play against Kyrgios, after appearing close to retiring during the quarterfinal on Wednesday
The Russian-born Kazakh pummelled her Romanian opponent with rasping serves and savage forehands
The Tunisian will face the winner of the second semifinal between Simona Halep and Elena Rybakina in Saturday's final