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Tunisian Ons Jabeur, ranked ninth in the world, continued her strong run by qualifying for the quarter-finals of the French Open Tennis Championship (Roland Garros), today, Sunday.
Anas defeated Danish Clara Tawson 6-4, 6-4, advancing to face American Coco Gauff, ranked third in the world.
Gauff, the third seed in the tournament, booked her place in the quarter-finals of the competition, by defeating Italian Elisabetta Cocciarito with a score of 6-1, 6-2.
As for Ons Jabeur, she lost only one set in her journey to the quarter-finals at Roland Garros, as she surpassed American Sachia Vickery, Colombian Maria Osorio, and Canadian Laila Fernandez in the previous rounds.
The Tunisian player qualified for the quarter-finals of the Grand Slam tournaments for the seventh time in her career.
Ons Jaber needed an hour and 35 minutes to eliminate the 21-year-old Danish player and qualify for the quarter-finals at Roland Garros for the second season in a row.
Ons to the quarterfinals 🫡
Next up: Coco Gauff 🍿#RolandGarros @Ons_Jabeur pic.twitter.com/7rjspppsK4
— Roland-Garros (@rolandgarros) June 2, 2024
The Tunisian player, runner-up at Wimbledon in 2022 and 2023 and the US Open in 2022, succeeded in improving her career in the round of 16 in the Grand Slam tournaments by achieving a seventh victory against three defeats.
Ons Ajaber remains in front of a new challenge to improve her results in direct confrontations against Gauf, as the American player won 4 times compared to two victories for the 29-year-old Tunisian star.
Coco Gauff wins with two victories compared to a victory for Ons Jabeur in their direct confrontations on clay courts, and with a single victory in their previous confrontation at Roland Garros when she won 6-3 and 6-1 in the round of 16 in the 2021 edition of the tournament.
