Jabeur battles back to beat Andreescu
LONDON: Last year's runner-up Ons Jabeur came from a set down to keep alive her Wimbledon dream with a 3-6 6-4 6-3 victory over former Grand Slam champion Bianca Andreescu on Saturday.
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LONDON: Last year's runner-up Ons Jabeur came from a set down to keep alive her Wimbledon dream with a 3-6 6-4 6-3 victory over former Grand Slam champion Bianca Andreescu on Saturday.
WIMBLEDON, London: Ons Jabeur thanked the rain after battling back from a set down to beat Canada’s Bianca Andreescu and reach the Wimbledon fourth round on Saturday. A single break in the first set cost last year’s finalist at the All England Club but she engineered a break of her own in the second set to level the match.
Petra Kvitova reached the fourth round at Wimbledon for only the second time since triumphing at the All England Club nine years ago with a 6-3 7-5 win over Serbian qualifier Natalija Stevanovic in a rain-disrupted encounter on Saturday.
The rain returned to Wimbledon on Day 6 of the grass-court tournament, with only one match completed Saturday before play was suspended for more than two hours on all outside courts.
Petra Kvitova spoke about the «hell» of being plagued by insects in her Wimbledon second-round win over Aliaksandra Sasnovich. The Czech made light work of Sasnovich with a straight-sets 6-2 6-2 victory on Friday, but the conditions were anything but comfortable for the World No. 9.
Iga Swiatek overcame a late start and the lack of a Centre Court crowd to progress into the fourth round of Wimbledon with a straight-sets win over Petra Martic.
It’s day six at Wimbledon and there are some intriguing matches to look forward to. All eyes will be on top seed Carlos Alcaraz as he takes to centre court bidding to make the quarter-final followed by last year's beaten finalist Ons Jabeur. Ad Of course, there is also a mouth-watering match between Great Britain’s last remaining hope Katie Boulter who takes on defending champion Elena Rybakina.
Ons Jabeur stormed into the third round of Wimbledon with a 6-1 6-1 thrashing of Zhouxuan Bai that took just 45 minutes. The Tunisian is looking to go one step better than her runner-up finish at the All England Club last year, and faces Bianca Andreescu next. Ad Jabeur, seeded sixth at SW19, was untroubled in her victory on Court No.1, earning five breaks and staying solid on serve with six aces and 87% of first serve points won.