Ons Jabeur, 42nd in the WTA ranking, started the Brisbane tournament with two victories, in single and double. But serious things start today for the Tunisian, who will be facing the Russian Ekatrina Alexandrova, 28th WTA. The match is scheduled today from 9:30 am as part of the 2nd round.
Ons Jabeur and Ekatrina Alexandrova, both aged 30, know each other perfectly well for having clashed nine times in the past.
The results are in favor of the Russian who leads 6-3 but the Tunisian won their last two duels, the first in 2022 in the semi-finals of the Madrid tournament, the second in April 2024 in the 1st round of the Stuttgart tournament knowing that they clashed the first time in 2016 in the 1st qualifying round of Wimbledon with a victory of Russian.
Ons Jabeur, who returns after a long convalescence, will also play double tomorrow. The duo she forms with the Spanish Paola Badosa (12th in the world) will be opposed to the Russian duo composed of Mirra Andreeva (16th) and Diana Shnaider (13th) as part of the quarterfinals.
