Ons Jabeur continues his journey to New York
The Tunisian, finalist at Wimbledon, took the measure of the Russian Kudermetova 7-6 6-4. Qualification also for the current fit player, the French Caroline Garcia.
Tunisian Ons Jabeur will see quarters in New York for the first time in her career.
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Tunisian Ons Jabeur, 5th in the world and finalist of the last Wimbledon, qualified for the quarter-finals of the US Open on Sunday, rejecting the Russian Veronika Kudermetova (18th) 7-6 (7/1), 6-4.
At 28 she reached this stage of the New York Major for the first time and will face Australian Ajla Tomljanovic for a place in the semifinals, who fell on Serena Williams in the 3rd round and who on Sunday confirmed by eliminating the Russian Liudmila Samsonova. (35).
“For the audience: I will play against Ajla, who beat Serena …”, Jabeur launched, hoping to win the crowd’s favor for his next round.
Garcia still untouchable
French Caroline Garcia, 17th in the world, qualified for her first quarter-final at the US Open on Sunday by beating American Alison Riske (29th) 6-4, 6-1 in 1h22. “I’m so excited to be in the quarterfinals, I’ve gained a lot of confidence from Cincinnati,” Garcia said of her of her WTA 1000 title shortly before the US Open began.
Against Riske, who had beaten her in the previous three fights, Garcia took a set to break free, before dominating sharply in the second set. “Alison is a very tough player, a fighter, she moves a lot. I had to be very aggressive. The first set was tight, it wasn’t great tennis, I had to manage my emotions. The second heat was very good ”, Garcia analyzed.
In the next round, she will face Coco Gauff. The American, 12th in the world, beat the Chinese Shuai Zhang (36th). The finalist of the last Roland-Garros won 7-5, 7-5 after almost two hours of a tight match. She managed to cancel a late break in each set to make a better difference in the eleventh game.
Berrettini will face Ruud for the rematch of Gstaad
Matteo Berrettini as a starter and Casper Ruud for the first time in this phase of the US Open, met on Sunday in the quarter-finals in New York, where the shock of the 8th between Daniil Medvedev and Nick Kyrgios will take place at night.
The Italian (14th in the world) fought on Louis Armstrong, oozing with humidity, to overtake David Davidovich 3-6, 7-6 (7/2), 6-3, 4-6, 6-2 Fokina (39 °). After having already had to work 3h47 to send Andy Murray out in the previous round, this time it took him two minutes less to overtake the Spaniard, who made life difficult, before an injury took him away handicap in the last set.
At 3-2 against him, after remaining uninterrupted, Davidovich Fokina injured the front of his left knee while sliding with his legs apart. The physio tried in vain to numb the pain by rubbing the area with an ice pack. Berrettini, winner of Queen’s and Stuttgart this season, did not fail to break it again and to maintain this advantage until the end.
“It’s not the way I wanted to end the game, but I take this win. I didn’t start out the way I wanted, but I struggled to get back into the game. He played incredible tennis… ”, commented the 26-year-old Italian.
Berrettini, semifinalist at the Australian Open, but prevented from defending his chances at Roland-Garros, due to an injury, and at Wimbledon, due to Covid, proves once again that he is at ease on new concrete. the last four in 2019 and last year’s quarters.
His opponent will be Casper Ruud (7th), who he had beaten in the second round of the US Open in 2020, but who is 3-2 ahead of the last of the final held in Gstaad in mid-July. The 23-year-old Norwegian suffered less to send 6-1, 6-2, 6-7 (4/7), 6-2 the French Corentin Moutet (112th and enlisted from the qualifiers).
Solid and consistent, he mainly benefited during the first two rounds of his rival’s non-match, then completely missed his first round of 16 in the Grand Slam, making many unforced errors.
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