A poor Jabeur drove Halep from Madrid

Tunisian Ons Jabeur, eighth favorite, eliminated Romanian Simona Halep from the Mutua Madrid Open (6-3 and 6-2)which became one of the great claims of the women’s team of the competition that won twice.

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Halep has been enjoying his game for the past few days. With a solvent win against Chinese Peng Shuai and, more importantly, against the second player in the world, Spanish Paula Badosa.

Caja Mágica enjoyed tennis at the height of its best stage, when it became number one in the world and won two Grand Slam titles. The Romanian was aiming for the final victory, which ran into Jabeur, a player already wealthy at the height of the women’s circuit.

Jabeur took revenge in recent months when Halep won it in the Dubai quarterfinals in 2022. The Tunisian reached his first semifinal of the season in Madrid in a WTA 1000 and the second in his career after the last Indian Wells.

Ons Jabeur, who deserves only his credit with the Birmingham title he won in 2021 and became this year’s finalist in Charleston, took 79 minutes to impose his strength and close out the victory. He broke Halep’s serve twice in the first set. He then got it in one second while he managed to keep her.

The 27-year-old Tunisian prevented Halep from achieving his 31st victory in Madrid and this will be one of the record held by Czech Petra Kvitova, the one who has won the most times at Caja Mágica.

Jabeur will meet in the semifinals to the winner in the duel between Russian Ekaterina Alexandrovawhich came from the former, and from the American Amanda Anisimova.