It is tomorrow that Jabeur will begin his participation in the Berlin tournament (WTA 500). She will be struggling with the German Jule Niemeier in the first round.
Ons Jabeur will try to defend his title in Berlin, on the occasion of the new edition that starts today. The Tunisian, who retained her 6th place in the world in the WTA ranking updated this Monday, June 19, will face the German Jule Niemeier, ranked 120th WTA.
This is the first time that the two players have competed. The meeting is made for tomorrow, Tuesday June 20 knowing that Jule Niemeier went through qualifications and eliminated his compatriot Noma Akugue Noha (214th) and Sunday the Belgian Greetje Minnen (111th) on Saturday.
Ons Jabeur is in Berlin to defend his title won last year against Swiss Belinda Bencic.
The Berlin tournament will record this year the absence of the world number1, the Polish Iga Swiater, newly crowned at Roland Garros, but will see in return the participation of four players on the world’s top 5, namely the Belarusian Arina Sabalenka (2nd), victorious of the Australian Open, Kazakhe Elina Ribakina (3rd) Garcia (4th) and the American Jessica Pegula (5th).
