Ounce Jabeurpenultimate in the list of winners of the Madrid tournament, She qualified for the quarterfinals this Monday by defeating Latvian Jelena Ostapenko, 6-0, 6-4.a result that confirms the positive effect of Madrid on his mental recovery.
The Tunisian, in a bad year due to injuries and loss of confidence, acknowledged by himself, Until arriving in Madrid he had never won two consecutive games in any tournament. So far he has added three.
Big returner, master of the drop shot and patient passer, Jabeur unleashed those punches to defeat Ostapenko in the first set, which did not appear until the second quarter. In the entire first set, Jabeur only lost three points on serve.
The second round was more even, typical of a clash between the eighth and ninth seeds. The Latvian took a serve from Jabeur, but he was undaunted and continued his game, a public favorite and encouraged from his box by his coach Fernando Verdasco.
Jabeur and Ostapenko have met four timeswith two victories for each, a tie already broken by the Tunisian.
The Tunisian will play in the quarterfinals against the winner of the match between Americans Coco Gauff and Madison Keysthird and eighteenth seeds.
Beatriz Haddad Maia is also in the quarterfinals. The Brazilian, seeded number 11, surprised Greek Maria Sakkari, fifth, 6-4, 6-4 in a match she dominated from the start.
Ignoring what rank dictates, Haddad Maia took Helena’s measure: four victories in four matchesthis Monday with a thorough approach to others that allowed him to neutralize his rival’s serve.
The Brazilian took credit for losing to last year’s semi-finalist in Madridwhich also went through a sweet moment: Sakkari has not lost before the quarterfinals in any of his last three tournaments: final in Indian Wells, quarterfinals in Miami and semifinals in Charleston.
The Brazilian arrives with a contrary trend: he hasn’t won two games in a row since February. But in Madrid he already has three. In the bedroom The winner awaits the clash between world number one, Iga Swiatek, and Sara Sorribes.
Source: La Verdad
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