Ons Jabeur (33rd WTA) now beat the Japanese Wakana Sonobe (837th) in a match counting for the 2nd round of the WTA 500 tournament of Abu Dhabi (United Arab Emirates) and thus qualified in the quarterfinals.
In this duel, which promised to be undecided between the two players, Ons Jabeur did not make details imposing itself in two sets (6-3, 6-3) and qualifying in the next round quite easily against the recent winner of the Australian Open among the juniors.
Recall that let’s Jabeur started the tournament with a success against the Latvian Jelena Ostapenko (35th) in two sets (7-6, 7-5).