Ons Jabeur competes, this Thursday, May 5, 2022, his place in the final of the Madrid WTA 1000 tournament. Today she faces, in the semi-finals, the Russian Ekaterina Alexandrova, 45th in the WTA ranking.
To reach the stadium of the Ons Jabeur semi-finals, 10th in the world, beat the Italian Jasmine Paolini, 46th in two sets (7-6, 6-1) before eliminating the Russian Varvara Gracheva (73rd) in three sets (7-5, 0-6, 6-4).
In the round of 16, she eliminated the Swiss Belinda Bencic in three sets (6-2, 3-6, 6-2). And yesterday, she beat the Romanian Simona Halep in two sets (6-3, 6-2) on behalf of the quarterfinals.
Historical
OnS Jabeur knows his opponent today for having already faced him seven times in the past with a single victory in his credit against six defeats.
Their first opposition dates back to June 2016 in the 1st qualifying round in London. The Russian had won. In July 2016, the two players had found themselves in the 1st round of the Prague tournament and Ekaterina Alexandrova had also beat Ons Jabeur.
In March 2017, Ons Jabeur and Ekaterina Alexandrova clashed in the 2nd round of the Zhuhai tournament with a Tunisian victory. Still in March 2017, the Russian had eliminated Tunisian in the quarterfinals of the Shenzhen tournament.
Ekaterina Alexandrova won the following three confrontations against Ons Jabeur (2nd round in Trnava in May 2017; quarter -final in Budapest in July 2018, 1st round in Moscow in October 2021).
Where to follow the match?
The match between Ons Jabeur and Ekaterina Alexandrova will be broadcast on Beinsports FR3 and Movistar+ Ellas from 12:30 p.m. (HT). (Live)
