The Tunisian Ons Jabeur and the American Jessica Pegulatwo players who, according to North American, have in common that make their way “through work and determination”, They will meet this Saturday in the final in Madrid with a prize category 1,000 title that will be the first for the two.
Jabeur, 27, tenth in the world and eighth favorite at Caja Mágica, has only had a 2021 Birmingham tournament in his history. Pegula, 28, 14th in the ranking and twelfth seed, won in Washington in 2019.
Both survived the relentless sieve that the height of Madrid makes them favorites, more than any other tournament on the circuit. The two finalists were the ones who showed the greatest capacity for adaptation.
Jabeur was the first Arab female or male player in the top ten in the world. Eighth finalist in Miami, finalist in Charleston and quarterfinalist in Stuttgart, the Tunisian is living in the spring of his life and if he wins the title he will emerge on Monday in seventh place in the world rankings.
The Tunisian’s strength of mind was shown when he was eliminated in his three games before the final as were many other players who had a negative balance in him: the Swiss Belinda Bencic (11), the Romanian Simona Halep and the Russian Ekaterina Alexandrova.
A great server, he has an extensive repertoire of punches and makes a physical appearance in battles that end up overwhelming to his rivals.
He is tied for two wins in his previous meetings with Pegulathe latter this year in Dubai with a comfortable win, in two sets, for Jabeur.
The American too there will be a gap in the top ten in the world if it wins the final.
From the match point against Italian Camila Giorgi in her debut, Pegula went even further as she advanced to the draw, although she didn’t have to face another top seed.
He uses his good backhand well and wants to close the net pointsbut stressed that the quarter-final victory against Sara Sorribes taught her that perseverance on the court is also beneficial.
She was the first American to reach the final in Madrid since Serena Willimas in 2013, before winning the title.
The final held at 6:30 p.m. this Saturday.
Source: La Verdad
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