Berlin Open: Jabeur to meet Sasnovich in quarters

Top seed Ons Jabeur, of Tunisia, advanced to the quarter-finals of the Berlin Open after a straight sets win over American qualifier Alycia Parks at Rot-Weiss Tennis Club on Thursday.

Jabeur, who will partner Serena Williams in doubles at Eastbourne next week in what will be the legendary American’s first tournament in 12 months, won 6-2, 7-6 in one hour and 31 minutes.

The Tunisian, who is playing her first event since her shock first round exit at the French Open, saved a set point in the second set tiebreak coming through against Parks.

Ranked a career-high No 4 in the world, Jabeur will play Belarus’ Aliaksandra Sasnovich for a spot in the semi-finals. Sasnovich defeated former top 10 player Andrea Petkovic 6-4, 6-4 in another second round encounter on Thursday.

Berlin WTA 500, second-round results (Rot-Weiss Tennis Club, grass, EUR 611.210)

• Maria Sakkari (2) beat Daria Saville (Q): 6-1, 7-5
• Aliaksandra Sasnovich beat Andrea Petkovic: 6-4, 6-4
• Daria Kasatkina (6) beat Ekaterina Alexandrova: 5-7, 6-1, 6-1
• Karolina Pliskova (4) beat Bianca Andreescu: 6-4, 2-6, 7-6 (7)
• Liudmila Samsonova vs. Veronika Kudermetova
• Xinyu Wang vs. Coco Gauff
• Belinda Bencic vs. Anna Kalinskaya

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