Ons Jabeur, 5th in the world, will be opposed this evening to the Chinese Qinwen Zheng, 23rd in the WTA ranking in the round of 16 of the US Open.
After three victorious but laborious matches, Ons Jabeur is in the round of 16 of the US Open. But serious things start now!
Tunisian tenniswoman faces this Monday, September 4 at 7:30 p.m. (HT), Chinese Qinwen Zheng for a place in the quarterfinals.
The two players clashed once in the past, in August 2022 during the 2nd round of the Toronto tournament. Ons Jabeur qualified following the abandonment on the injury of Qinwen Zheng who then led 6-1 and 2-1.
Finalist of the 2022 edition of the US Open, Ons Jabeur will have to put the double bites if she wants to spend in quarters after a first week when she appeared in a mixture.
In the 1st round, she hardly beat the Colombian Maria Camila Osorio (68th in the world) in two sets (7-5, 7-6). It was then laboriously imposed in the 2nd round against the Czech Linda Noskova (41st in the WTA ranking) in three sets (7-6, 4-6, 6-3).
On Sunday, she eliminated the Czech Marie Bouzkova (31st) not without difficulty after having fought a battle of almost three hours to eliminate it in three sets (5-7, 7-6 and 6-3).
