Ons Jabeur funnily revealed that through the first session, she advised her husband and health coach to not inform her what to do and that their first session did not actually go that nicely.
In 2015, the WTA star married former Tunisian fencer Karim Kamoun.
Two years later, the Tunisian tennis star discovered that her husband may additionally function her health coach.
On the newest episode of the Nothing Main Podcast – which is hosted by former American gamers John Isner, Sam Querrey, Jack Sock and Steve Johnson – Jabeur was a visitor.
And when requested about her husband additionally being her workforce member, Jabeur – who is named Minister of Happiness on the Tour, defined how their partnership began in a fairly humorous but additionally sincere method.
Jabeur: I used to be like, ‘Do not inform me what to do’
“It was humorous once we began working collectively as a result of, clearly, we have been courting earlier than, after which we thought, perhaps we try to work,” the 30-year-old mentioned.
“He turned my health coach, and the primary time he advised me to go round, I used to be like, ‘Do not inform me what to do, do not give me… Then he was throwing the drugs ball, and he was sort of a bit far.
“He was like, ‘You do not know the best way to throw, you do not know the best way to catch it.’ I feel the primary session resulted in quarter-hour.”
After cracking a number of jokes, Jabeur famous that one of many first issues she did was inform her husband to at all times be fully sincere together with her and that their work would by no means influence their relationship and personal life.
For the reason that Tunisian has made three Grand Slam finals and has been ranked as excessive as No. 2 on the planet, it’s secure to say that 38-year-old Kamoun has finished a fairly good job as a health coach.
In the meantime, the previous world No. 2 is about to play on the Abu Dhabi Open, the place she drew Jelena Ostapenko within the first spherical.
