After a bitter elimination in the quarterfinals of the Abu Dhabi tournament, the Tunisian tenniswoman, Ons Jabeur, participates in the WTA 1000 tournament from Doha in Qatar with 3.211,715 dollars.
Ons Jabeur, 6th in the world, will enter the running, Tuesday, February 13, 2024. Exempted from the 1st round, she will be opposed tomorrow to the Ukrainian LESYA Tsurenko (37th in the world), who, for her part, eliminated, today, Turkish Zeynep Sonmez in two sets (7-5, 6-3)
Ons Jabeur and Lesya Tsurenko have faced each other twice in the past. The first time in February 2018 during the 2nd qualification round of the Dubai tournament. The Ukrainian had imposed himself in two sets (6-3, 6-3).
In April 2023, Ons Jabeur had taken his revenge as part of the 2nd Tour de Charleston by beating Lesya Tsurenko in two sets (6-3, 6-3).
Last week, Ons Jabeur was eliminated by the Brazilian Beatriz Haddad Maia as part of the WTA 500 of Abu Dhabi. Exempted from the 1st round, she had eliminated the British Emma Raducanu in two sets (6-4, 6-1) in the 2nd round.
