Tennis: Tunisian Ons Jabeur wins her most prestigious title in Madrid
Tunisian tenniswoman Ons Jabeur, January 20, 2020 during the Australian Open, in Melbourne.
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Tunisian Ons Jabeur, 10th player in the world, won the second title of her career, the most prestigious, on Saturday May 7 in Madrid at the expense of American Jessica Pegula (14th), beaten 7-5, 0-6, 6- 2, two weeks before Roland-Garros (May 22-June 5).
Jabeur (27), who was playing her sixth final, had so far won only once, in Birmingham in 2021. The Tunisian becomes the first Arab player to register a WTA 1000 tournament on her record, the highest category. higher after the Grand Slams, the equivalent of the Masters 1000 on the men's circuit.
Two years ago, she became the first Arab player to reach the quarter-finals of a Grand Slam at the Australian Open 2020, a performance that allowed her to enter the Top 50. Then the 'last year,
the first to be titled on the WTA circuit.
Jabeur will climb to seventh in the world on Monday.
She will thus equal her best ranking achieved last November.
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