Tunisian tenniswoman ons Jabeur started the Stuttgart tournament playing the 1st round of the double in the company of the Spanish Paula Badosa.
For this first match, the pair made up of Ons Jabeur (9th in the world) and Paula Badosa (93rd WTA) won against the pair made up of the Japanese Shuko Aoyama (736th) and the Ukrainian Nadiya Kichenok (703rd). Jabeur and Badosa won their match in three sets (4-6, 7-5, 10-5).
In addition, Ons Jabeur, starts today, his participation in the WTA 500 in Stuttgart in simple. It is to face, this Wednesday, April 17, 2024, a knowledge watch, the Russian Ekaterina Alexandrova (16th WTA) on behalf of the 1st round.
Ons Jabeur and Ekaterina Alexandrova know each other well for having faced himself eight times in the past with an ascendant for the Russian who leads 6-2. Since 2016 in Wimbledon, the Tunisian has only established himself twice. The first time in March 2017 on behalf of the 2nd round of the Zhuhai tournament and a second time in May 2022 in the semi-finals of the Madrid tournament.