French Open 2023: Ons Jabeur fights back to down Olga Danilovic and make fourth round at Roland-Garros

Ons Jabeur fought back to down Olga Danilovic and make the fourth round of the French Open at Roland-Garros. An upset looked in store as world No. 105 Danilovic took the first set on Court Suzanne-Lenglen, but Jabeur regrouped and came through in three sets, 4-6 6-4 6-2.

Ad The first set was a tight affair, with the pair going blow for blow as they each had break point opportunities on their opponent's serve. Roland-Garros‘They prefer me to miss’ — Jabeur doesn’t feel ‘appreciated’ by ‘difficult’ crowdYESTERDAY AT 22:16 But at 4-3 ahead, it was the unseeded Danilovic who was first to make one stick to go on the verge of taking the opening set. She was, however, broken immediately back by Jabeur, but there was a third break in a row as Danilovic snuck in to take it 6-4.

After 44 minutes on the court, the World No. 104 was standing on the verge of a huge upset. Jabeur knew she was in a battle as Danilovic seemed to be working the crowd in her favour.

She dropped just one point across her first two service games of the second set, but dropped a crucial break to Jabeur in the fifth game of the set. The match probably hinged on the following game when Jabeur saw off four break points to hold serve. Danilovic did get her break in eighth game of the set, levelling at 4-4, but Jabeur broke back immediately before serving out the set.

Danilovic once again had a break point in that final game but could not convert. With the match level, it was shaping as an epic, but Jabeur is World No. 7 for a reason and she showed the gulf in class early in the third.