After winning his match against Jessica Pegula, Ons Jabeur must now beat the Greek Maria Sakkari if she wants to go to the Masters’ semi-finals.
Ons Jabeur faces a major challenge. This night, she played her third and last match (of the first round) of the Masters or WTA Finals with the aim of qualifying in the semi-finals.
Number 2 in the WTA ranking, Ons Jabeur will be opposed to the world 5th, Greek Maria Sakkari and will have to win if she wants to continue the adventure in this end of season tournament.
After his surprising defeat against Aryna Sabalenka last Monday, and his victory on Wednesday against Jessica Pegula, he has a last match against Maria Sakkari to validate her ticket, the main issue of this opposition.
Before this match, Maria Sakkari is 1st from the group with two victories to his credit against Jessica Pegula and Aryna Sabalenka. Ons Jabeur is currently 2nd with a defeat against Aryna Sabalenka and a victory against Jessica Pegula).
To hope to qualify, ons Jabeur must win against Maria Sakkari. If she loses, her qualification will be resolved according to the scores (number of games won/lost, sets won/lost and direct confrontations).
Because the Tunisian can also hope to qualify even if she loses in three sets (1-2) provided thatryna Sabalenka is beaten by Jessica Pegula in two sets (0-2).
Ons Jabeur faces Maria Sakkari, that night at 01:00 in a match that will be broadcast on BeIN Sports 3.