The Tunisian Ons Jabeur He arrived in Madrid last week with two goals: to see Real Madrid qualify for the Champions League finals and to see himself in the Caja Mágica final. In just 16 hours he achieved the same goal, the second after beating the Russian on Thursday Ekaterina Alexandrova 6-2 and 6-3 in the semifinals of Mutua Madrid is open.
Alexandrova’s six -six -seven -defeat defeat to Jabeur then, the last in October, did not weigh on Jabeur’s head, who is experiencing the best moment of his career and if he does win the title he will be out on Monday. in the seventh place in the world ranking.
The Russian said goodbye with pleasure to be the third player in tournament history to reach the semifinals from the previous stage. The fourth player on the circuit in terms of number of aces (111 so far this year, 20 in Madrid in previous rounds) has not passed this match one.
A break exchange in the middle of the first set gave way to another Tunisian signing, who offered spectacular moments, with brilliant dropshots and deep corner balls that prevented Alexandrova from getting into trouble. court settlement. Fast 6-2, 35 minutes.
In the second set Jabeur had enough rest, 5-3, to get the ticket to the final.
Eighth finalist in Miami, finalist in Charleston and quarterfinalist in Stuttgart, Jabeur has continued his spectacular season and will pick the second title of his career at Caja Mágica, after winning in 2021 in Birmingham. He survived the screening of seedings usually caused by Madrid’s height and now he awaits a rivalry between American Jessica Pegula, twelfth favorite, and Swiss Jil Teichmann.
Jabeur has already accomplished the two goals by which he landed in Madrid. At the end of May he was in Paris with two others: to see the team he loved win the Champions League against Liverpool and to repeat his great game at Caja Mágica at Roland Garros.
Source: La Verdad
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