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By Giri Nathan
[vc_empty_space height="15px"]Flashy tennis players tend to have baggage. The flash might be the result of self-destruction or nihilism. (Consider Bublik, Kyrgios, Moutet.) The flash might be a good spectacle, but a little heartbreaking because it’s never quite backed up by wins. (Pour one out for Gael Monfils.) The flash might be a mask for a deficit of truer tennis gifts. (Now you be the mean one and insert a player of your choice.) But that is why it’s such a joy to have Ons Jabeur, who brings us all the sizzle and none of the guilt. In fact, her artistry is in service of winning tennis matches, which, as the world No. 4, she does a whole lot of. Jabeur has every shot in her racquet lying in wait, and as a general rule, she brings them out when she needs them. Not because she’s bored, or because she’s styling on an inferior opponent, or because she wants to spite an apparent detractor in the stands.