Tunisia’s Ons Jaber, ranked ninth in the world, ends in the quarter-finals
World number nine Ons Jaber of Tunisia reached the quarter-finals of the Roland Garros tennis tournament in France after beating third-seeded American Cory Gave 6-4, 2-6, 3-6 on Tuesday.
In 2022 and 2023 at Wimbledon and Flushing Meadows, she failed to reach the semifinals of the French Championships for the first time in her career, her best success on clay at Roland Garros reaching the quarterfinals. In the last two seasons.
It was only the second time this season that Jaber has competed in the quarterfinals.
Before competing at Roland Garros, the 29-year-old, who had won back-to-back this season, reached the quarter-finals in April and was sent off to Rome last week. .
Jaber reached Roland Garros with 6 wins and 9 losses in 9 tournaments.
It’s just a matter of saying goodbye and delaying, Insha Allah @Ons_Jabeur 👏🏼
ONS will be proud of you ❤️ pic.twitter.com/L1PDOW8YXm
– Aigles Royals 🇹🇳⚽️🦅👑 (@AiglesRoyaux) June 4, 2024
On the other hand, the 20-year-old American reached the semi-finals for the fourth time in major tournaments, and won one title at Flushing last year.
This is the second time Gauff has reached the semifinals at Roland Garros, after reaching the final for the first time in 2022, where she lost to Poland’s Iga Switek in the quarterfinals. The number one seed defeated Czech Marketa Vondrossova, after a dominant victory on home soil… Wimbledon champion Vondrossova won at home (6-0, 6-2).
