Ons Jabeur is preparing to play the WTA 1000 in Rome where she intends to confirm her return to the front of the stage. She faces, tomorrow, the American Sofia Kenin as part of the 2nd round.
The Tunisian, 9th in the world, will start the WTA 1000 of Rome as a seeded number 8 and will face the American Sofia Kenin (58th) in the 2nd round, in a match that will be played tomorrow, Friday, May 10.
Sofia Kenin, who eliminated the Italian Lucia Bronzetti (48th in the world) in the 1st round in two sets (6-3, 6-2) and Ons Jabeur, exempt from the 1st round, have already clashed seven times in the past with an American advantage in the table of their confrontations.
Ons Jabeur and Sofia Kenin clashed the first time on January 21, 2016 during the 2nd round of the Wesley Chapel tournament with a victory for the American. Ons Jabeur had taken his revenge for a more-tard year by winning the 2nd round of the Indian Harbor tournament.
The Tunisian lost all her other duels and could only beat her opponent during the 3rd round of the Miami Open in March 2021. She is therefore carried out five games in two.
History of confrontations
28.03.21: 3rd round / ons Jabeur-Sofia Kenin 6-4, 4-6, 6-4 (USA-Miami)
05.09.20: 3rd round / Sofia Kenin-Ons Jabeur 7-6, 6-3 (USA-New York)
28.01.20: quarter-final / Sofia Kenin-Ons Jabeur 6-4, 6-4 (Australia-Melbourne)
19.06.19: 2nd round / Sofia Kenin-Ons Jabeur 6-2, 2-0, abandonment of Kenin on injury (Spain-Mallorca)
09.01.19: 2nd round / Sofia Kenin-Ons Jabeur 7-6, 6-3 (Australia-Hobart)
13.04.17: 2nd round / ons jabeur-Sofia Kenin 6-3, 6-1 (USA-Indian Harbor)
21.01.16: 2nd round / Sofia Kenin-Ons Jabeur 6-4, 6-1 (USA-Wesley Chapel)
