Ons Jabeur qualified in the Charleston WTA500 final by eliminating Russian Daria Kasatkina this night.
Ons Jabeur (5th in the world) beat Russian Daria Kasatkina (8th in the WTA ranking) in the semi-final of the WTA 500 tournament in Charleston (United States) in two sets (7-5, 7-5) not without having suffered.
Balled in the first set, Ons Jabeur A, perhaps received a boost from bad weather. The Russian led 5-3 in the first set after 38 minutes of play when the match was suspended because of the weather in South Carolina.
A few hours later, the game resumes and ons Jabeur, in new predispositions, first rebuilded to return to 5-5 before winning the set on the 7-5 score.
In the second set, Daria Kasatkina leads 2-0 then was joined at 2-2. From there, the game balances up to 5-5 before Ons Jabeur escapes victory by winning this set 7-5.
Telery head n ° 3 of the main draw, Ons Jabeur started the tournament by beating the Ukrainian Lesia Tsurenko (77th) in the second round in two sets (6-3, 6-3). She then eliminated the American Caroline Dolehide by winning in two sets (6-3, 7-5) then the Russian Anna Kalinskaya in two sets (6-0,4-1), and finally Daria Kasatkina.
Ons Jabeur qualifies his eleventh final in the WTA circuit and his second final consecutive final at the Charleston tournament.
The Tunisian has already lost seven finals including Charleston, Rome, Wimbledon and the US Open in 2022 alone. She also won three trophies in Birmingham in 2021, in Madrid and Berlin in 2022.
In the final, she will face this Sunday, April 9, the winner of the duel who must oppose Jessica Pegula (3rd world) to Belinda Bencic (11th).
