Ons Jabeur qualified this Thursday, April 25, 2024 for the third round of the Madrid tournament on Thursday.
Tunisian tenniswoman beat in three sets 6-4, 5-7 and 6-3 Slovak Anna Karolina Schmedlova, 68th in the WTA ranking.
Exocused from the first round, Ons Jabeur (9th in the world) managed to defeat the Slovak Anna Karolina Schmedlova (68th), who eliminated the American Sofia Kenin (60th) in two sets in the 1st round.
The Tunisian must face the Canadian Leylah Fernandez or Russian Anastasia Potapova in the next round.
Ons Jabeur A, let us recall, brilliantly won the Madrid tournament in 2022, winning her first WTA 1000. Last year, when she was preparing to defend her title, the Tunisian had to forfeit because of an injury.
