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The 29-year-old suffered breathing difficulties
during her gritty first-round win over Colombia's Camila Osorio
and was not at her best physically against Noskova, getting
through a tough match in a little over two hours.
"I'm a zombie because I have a flu," said Jabeur, adding that
she had taken a break in July following her Wimbledon final
defeat to stay fresh for the rest of the season.
Jabeur said she had been struggling for about a week with the
illness and was "taking a lot of medicine".
"I'm doing everything I can with my team trying to recover," she
added. "They have amazing doctors here, so they've been helping
me. I basically took every medication they have.
"I'm glad it was two matches, two tests. I was trying to push
myself to see what I can do, getting out of the comfort zone.
Hopefully I'll continue in better shape and feel better for the
next match."
Jabeur meets Czech Marie Bouzkova in the next round and is
determined to continue her run.
"Emotionally I could be tired, but I know if I just let go I'll
regret it after, so I want to continue and stay in New York as
long as I can," she said.
Several players at the year's final Grand Slam have been hit by
illnesses, including Dominic Thiem, Chris Eubanks and Hubert
Hurkacz.
Reuters has reached out to U.S. Open officials about the
illnesses and they said they were looking into it.
ESPN said earlier this week that John McEnroe was absent from
his analyst duties at the U.S. Open after testing positive for
COVID.
(Reporting by Shrivathsa Sridhar in Bengaluru; Editing by Peter
Rutherford)
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