Jabeur snatched the semi-finals of Sakkari Rome with the return of the textbook

Ang Tunisian Ons Jabeur achieved the difficult task of overcoming a match in which the Greek was in his hands Maria Sakkar | (1-6, 7-5 and 6-1) and went to the semifinals of WTA 1,000 Romewhere a rival is already waiting.

sakarri there were semifinals in one game, but Jaberopen champion Madriddid not lower his arms and did the deed after being defeated in the first set and for most of the second.

Helena outscored the Tunisian in the first set. No doubt, sakkari broke the first serve Jaber, who struggled to get into the match, and went 3-0 in the blink of an eye. He maintained his serve and the advantage, on the judgment by breaking another of his opponent’s services and putting up a convincing 6-1 on the scoreboard of ‘Grand Stand Arena’ of Foro Italico.

World number 4 crushed number 7. And the trend continued in the second set. Sakkari, very confident and solid in return, broke Jabeur’s first two serves and returned the set to the track with another 3-0 lead.

But the Greek gave his next service and Jaber saw a mixture of light towards the return. He never stopped believing and point by point he was sinking sakkari, increasingly small and desperate. He lost his beautiful shots.

With all that and with that, Greek broke Jabeur for the third time and served it up with a 5-2 favor. Everyone saw Sakkari in the semifinals, everyone except Jabeur, who didn’t give up and regained his serve and signed four straight games to bring the match to a decisive third stake.

The dynamics after the second set are antagonistic. Jaber he left entrusted to the third; sakkari, depressed, submerged. And this is the mirror of the third sleeve, which Jaber back to his rival 6-1 in the first set to seal his pass to the semifinals in, most likely, the return of the tournament.

In the semifinals, the Tunisian awaits a rival, who will appear in the clash between the Swiss Jil Belen Teichmann and the Russian Daria Kasatkina.