Ons Jabeur, 4th in the WTA ranking and seeded number 1, competes, this Saturday, June 18, 2022, the semi-final of the WTA 500 tournament in Berlin. She faces the American Cori Gauff (13th in the world).
Ons Jabeur has already faced the Roland-Garros finalist four times in the past with a single victory to his credit for three defeats.
Their first opposition dates back to August 14, 2020 in the quarterfinals of the Lexington tournament, losing in three sets (6-4, 4-6, 1-6).
On September 15, 2020, the American recurrent by eliminating the Tunisian in the 1st round of the Rome tournament in two sets (6-4, 6-3).
On April 9, 2021, Ons Jabeur won in the quarter-finals of the Charleston tournament in two sets (6-3, 6-3).
And finally, on June 7, 2021, Cori Gauff again took over by beating Ons Jabeur in the round of 16 of Roland-Garros in two sets (6-3, 6-1).
Ons Jabeur rose to the semi-finals by eliminating the Czech Karolina Muchova (81st in the world), 6-3, 6-3 then the American Alicia Parcks (169th) 7-6, 6-2. She beat yesterday in the quarterfinals yesterday, the Belarusian Aliaksandra Sasnovich (38th) 6-7, 6-2, 6-2.
For his part, Cori Gauff rose to the semi-finals, eliminating in turn, Ann Li (6-2, 7-6); Xinyu Wang (6-0, 6-4); and Karolina Pliskova (7-5, 6-4).
The match between Ons Jabeur and Cori Gauff begins from 3:00 p.m. and will be broadcast by Beinsports Fr 3.