Tunisian Anas Jaber is close to a new world achievement in "Tennis Berlin"
Tunisian Anas Jaber, ranked fourth in the world, returned from a group behind to reach the semi-finals of the Berlin Tennis Tournament on grass, after defeating Belarusian Aleksandra Sasnovich 6-7 (3/7), 6-2, 6-2 to set a date With young American Coco Gough.
The Tunisian, ranked first in the tournament, hopes to reach her fourth final this year, achieve her second title and prepare in the best way for Wimbledon, the third Grand Slam, after a disappointing exit from Roland Garros.
Jaber maintained her perfect record against Sasnovic, the 38th in the world, in three matches, knowing that in the first two matches she also lost the first set before winning the match.
Jaber lost the first set in a strange way, after wasting a 5-2 lead, and her opponent won six games in a row, and they resorted to the tie-breaker, which the Belarusian decided in her favour.
However, the Tunisian rose up in the last two sets and decided the confrontation after an hour and 56 minutes.
Jaber Ghamar will compete in the Eastbourne tournament, before Wimbledon, alongside Serena Williams in the doubles competition, and said Thursday that she feels "she is over the moon" after the American veteran announced her desire to play alongside her. .
Jaber will meet in the semi-finals with Gave, ranked 13th in the world and runner-up Roland Garros, who eliminated the Czech seventh Karolina Pliskova 7-5, 6-4.
It will be the fourth time that the two players meet, and the preference for the American is three wins against one for the Tunisian.
After being crowned in the Madrid tournament and runner-up to the Polish first-ranked Iga Švientek in Rome, both of which are within the thousand sessions, Jaber was a candidate to compete strongly in Roland Garros before she suddenly exited in the first round.
Jaber, who also lost this year to the Charleston final, won the first title of her career in Birmingham on grass courts last year, before reaching the quarter-finals at Wimbledon.
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