The Tunisian Ounce Jabeurnumber two in the world ranking, this Wednesday left the loss against Belarusian Aryna Sabalenka in her debut and beat American Jessica Pegula 1-6, 6-3, 6-3 to earn her first WTA Finals group stage victory from Fort Worth (USA).
Jabeur added her fourth win in a row against world number three Pegula, a rival she already denied this year’s title at the WTA 1,000 final in Madrid.
The Tunisian, a finalist this year at Wimbledon and the US Open, He reacted in time and won a match that, if he had lost, could have cost him mathematical elimination of this tournament that brings together the eight best players of the season.
After losing the first set serving in three of his four at-bats, Jabeur was able to react and knock Pegula down in one hour and 40 minutes.
The American player is still winless against opponents who are part of the world’s top five and has accumulated nine consecutive losses.
Jabeur and Pegula were framed in the Nancy Richey group with Aryna Sabalenka and María Sakkari, who met this Wednesday, with a victory for the Greek 6-2, 6-4.
The other group, Tracy Austin, sees the Polish Iga Swiatek, the Russian Daria Kasatkina, the American Coco Gauff and the French Caroline Garcia.
Only the top two in each group will play in the semifinals, which are scheduled for Sunday, while Monday is the day of the final.
Source: La Verdad
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