Ons Jabeur competes, this Wednesday, May 4, 2022, his quarter -final of the WTA 1000 tournament in Madrid on Wednesday, May 4, 2022 against the Romanian Simona Halep, former world number 1 and currently 21st in the WTA ranking.
The two players have already faced themselves three times in the past. In 2018, the Tunisian had eliminated the Romanian in the 1st round of the Beijing tournament. In 2020, Simona Halep had taken her revenge by beating Ons Jabeur in the 2nd round of the Dubai tournament.
Last February, the two players found themselves on behalf of the quarter -finals of Dubai and Simona Halep won in two sets.
In Madrid, Ons Jabeur beat the Italian Jasmine Paolini (46th in the world) for his inaugural match before eliminating the Russian Varvara Gracheva (73rd). In the round of 16, she eliminated the Swiss Belinda Bencic in three sets (6-2, 3-6, 6-2).
The match between Ons Jabeur and Simona Halep is broadcast on Beinsports Fr 3 and Movistar+ Ellas (Live).