The Tunisian Ons Jabeur this Thursday the first seed to qualify for the round of 32 of the Mutua Madrid Open by beating Italian Jasmine Paolini in the first round of 7-6 (9) and 6-1.
Eighth favorite of the contest, Jabeur surprised the start of the game by fearless Paolini, who led 3-1. The favorite didn’t delay his reaction and, after tying 4-4, he kept the pulse until the tiebreaker game, where he suffered before getting it to 11-9.
It had nothing to do with the domain imposed by the Tunisian in the second set, which gave him the right to work and only one game was received by Paolini, 46 in the world at the age of 26.
Jabeur, 27, arrived in Madrid after falling in the quarterfinals in Istanbul against Spaniard Paula Badosa. He was previously a finalist in Charleston.
The first Arab player to reach the top ten of the world They will be seen in the round of 32 with the winner of the clash between French Alizé Cornet and Russian Varvara Gracheva.
Source: La Verdad
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