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Tunisian tennis champion Ons Jabeur has been hailed for refusing to raise a champagne bottle after winning the biggest title of her career at last week’s Madrid Open. Jabeur, the first Arab player in history to secure a top-10 professional ranking, beat American Jessica Pegula 7-5, 0-6, 6-2 in Saturday’s final in Spain catapulting her to seventh worldwide. Speaking to Egyptian media, Jabeur she refused the bottle “because I’m a Muslim and out of respect for my country and Arabs watching the event”. “I work with a staff, most of whom are from Tunisia. We must believe in ourselves as Arabs, try …