Ons Jabeur becomes first African women to win a WTA 1000 tournament

Tunisia has a WTA 1000 winner after Ons Jabeur overcame Jessica Pegula 7-5, 0-6, 6-2 to win the Madrid Open on Saturday 7 May 2022.

Jabeur earned two break points in the very first game of the match, but Pegula held on and would seize the advantage in the fourth game.

Pegula broke Jabeur and then held serve to consolidate a 4-1 lead, however, she would allow the Tunisian back into it when she dropped serve in the seventh game.

In Tunisia, in Africa, the Arab world and beyond…

@Ons_Jabeur is blazing the trail

She captures the biggest trophy of her career so far at the #MMOPEN! pic.twitter.com/eWshdDIq99

— wta (@WTA) May 7, 2022

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Jabeur saved a set point on serve in the tenth game of the first set in what proved to be a crucial moment.

Surviving that service game Jabeur rattled off another break before holding serve to close out the set.

It all fell to pieces for Jabeur in the second set as she was quickly bagelled by Pegula.

Pegula served to start all three sets and faced a break point in each of those games but in the third set Jabeur finally converted giving her an early edge as she shook off the bagel.

Despite dropping serve right back, Jabeur broke Pegula again in the third game for a 2-1 lead.

The match reached fever pitch with intense all-court rallies dominating as Jabeur scrapped her way to a 5-2 lead in the third and she needed just the one match point to