Ounc Jabeur came back from a beaten position at the major WTA tournament in Rome. In the quarterfinals, Tunisian defeated Greek Maria Sakkari 6-1 5-2, but still won the match 1-6 7-5 6-1.
Sakkari (26) served in the match 5-2, 5-4, but the number 4 in the world lost three service matches in a row. In the opening phase of the third set, he earned just two points in the first three games. He struggled to come back 3-1 but did not continue the game for the remainder.
27-year-old Jabeur, number 7 in the world, has won ten duels in a row. It was the best of the clay court tournament in Madrid last week. “In the beginning I was really bothered by the shadows. At 5-2 I said to myself, you can’t finish these two, almost three weeks like this. That stimulated me.” On Saturday she will take on the Russian Daria Kasatkina, where the Swiss Jil Teichmann fell from 3-2 to 6-4.
Poland’s Iga Swiatek continued his streak at the world’s number one. They didn’t lose 26 games in a row. Swiatek defeated Canadian Bianca Andreescu, coached by Dutchman Sven Groeneveld, 7-6 (2) 6-0.
Swiatek will compete in the last four against Belarusian Aryna Sabelenka.
Source: RTL
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