WTA Chicago: Ons Jabeur continues to push towards the WTA Finals
Ons Jabeur could become the first African woman to compete in the WTA Finals. At the WTA Tour 500 tournament in Chicago, the Tunisian is already in the quarter-finals.
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Sep 30, 2021, 10:23 pm
Ons Jabeur knows his way around history: when she won the title in Birmingham that year, Jabeur became the first woman from the African continent to achieve such a coup. On the way to the tournament victory, which Jabeur lashed with a success against Daria Kasatkina, she beat Lelyah Fernandez in the tiebreak of the third set in round two. That Fernandez who should get into the finals at the US Open.
The next big chapter is the first participation in a year-end tournament of the WTA. This was moved from Shenzhen to Guadalajara. Not to the delight of industry leader Ashleigh Barty . In any case, their coach Craig Tyzzer stated a few days ago that he thought the event in the Mexican highlands was a crazy idea. Should it really come to a cancellation by Barty, Ons Jabeur could benefit.
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In the Porsche Race, Jabeur is currently in ninth place and would be the first to take the lead if she were rejected (for which Naomi Osaka is also a candidate). Jabeur shouldn't be too sure either, she has players like Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova behind her. In Chicago, the 27-year-old from Ksar El Hellar is busy collecting points to be on the safe side. After the comeback win against Jessica Pegula, Jabeur is already in the quarter-finals with a 500cc class in Chicago, where she meets Elina Svitolina.
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The Ukrainian has to win a few more matches if she wants to be in Guadalajara. In the Porsche Race, Svitolina is currently only 13th, one position ahead of US Open winner Emma Raducanu. In the summer, Svitolina won a smaller tournament in Chicago.