Young Algerian tennis player wins support with emotional video

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Ines Ibbou, a young Algerian tennis player who hit back at Dominic Thiem for saying he did not want to give money to lowly-ranked players, has drawn support from Venus Williams as well as her country's government.
"Dear Dominic," Ibbou, who is 620th in the WTA singles rankings, said in an emotional nine-minute video posted on social media, "what would have been my career if I was in your shoes?"
"I would rather give money to people or organisations that really need it."
"You know that in a country like mine it's not easy for a woman to be a high-level athlete."
She said that Thiem grew up in a "magical world" and while both his parents were tennis coaches, "I grew up in a very modest family with parents who had nothing to do with tennis."
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First Published: May 12 2020 | 9:34 AM IST