NEW DELHI: Ons Jabeur, the seventh seed from Tunisia, on Saturday overcame a difficult start in her match against Serbian qualifier Olga Danilovic to advance to the fourth round of the French Open. Jabeur secured a 4-6, 6-4, 6-2 victory over Danilovic.
Jabeur, who had a somewhat inconsistent season due to minor knee surgery and a calf problem that led her to skip the Madrid Open, displayed resilience after a slow beginning.
Jabeur stole the Serbian’s serve for 3-2, only for her opponent to rally and level for 4-4. An unforced error, however, allowed the Tunisian to take a 5-4 advantage and she held to take the set to the delight of dozens of Tunisian flag-waving fans.
Jabeur raced to a 4-1 lead in the decider and Danilovic twisted her ankle after having pulled a break back. At change of ends before her opponent served for the set at 5-2 after another break of serve, Danilovic had her ankle strapped by the physiotherapist.
The Tunisian wrapped up the victory on the second match point with a forehand winner, setting up a meeting with American Bernarda Pera.
“I want to congratulate Olga for this great match, she plays so well and thanks to the crowd on a day I didn’t play my best tennis,” said Jabeur.
“I won it thanks to my mental strength. I accepted that I was not at 100% and that I needed to find solutions with what I had today.
“She made it hard for me today but I managed to scrape a few important points here and there.”
(With inputs from Reuters)
Jabeur, who had a somewhat inconsistent season due to minor knee surgery and a calf problem that led her to skip the Madrid Open, displayed resilience after a slow beginning.
Jabeur stole the Serbian’s serve for 3-2, only for her opponent to rally and level for 4-4. An unforced error, however, allowed the Tunisian to take a 5-4 advantage and she held to take the set to the delight of dozens of Tunisian flag-waving fans.
Jabeur raced to a 4-1 lead in the decider and Danilovic twisted her ankle after having pulled a break back. At change of ends before her opponent served for the set at 5-2 after another break of serve, Danilovic had her ankle strapped by the physiotherapist.
The Tunisian wrapped up the victory on the second match point with a forehand winner, setting up a meeting with American Bernarda Pera.
“I want to congratulate Olga for this great match, she plays so well and thanks to the crowd on a day I didn’t play my best tennis,” said Jabeur.
“I won it thanks to my mental strength. I accepted that I was not at 100% and that I needed to find solutions with what I had today.
“She made it hard for me today but I managed to scrape a few important points here and there.”
(With inputs from Reuters)
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