Ons Jabeur, 10th in the world, qualified, this Thursday, May 5, 2022, in the final of the WTA 1000 tournament in Madrid after his half victory against Russian Ekaterina Alexandrova, 45th in the WTA ranking.
The Tunisian who did not tremble and dominated her match from start to finish was imposed in two sets (6-2, 6-3). In the final, scheduled for Saturday, she will face the winner of the other semi-final which will oppose this evening, the Swiss Jil Teichmann (35th world) American Jessica Pegula (14th).
Ons Jabeur rose to the final after having beaten the Italian Jasmine Paolini, 46th in two sets (7-6, 6-1) in the 1st round, then the Russian Varvara Gracheva (73rd) in three sets (7-5, 0-6, 6-4) in the 2nd round.
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.
