Western & Southern Open: Jabeur fights past Kalinina to book spot in round of 16
Ons Jabeur edged out Anhelina Kalinina 6-3, 6-7 (2), 7-6 (2) on Tuesday evening, after falling behind 1-5 in the final set.
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Ons Jabeur, the No 5 seed, edged out Ukrainian Anhelina Kalinina 6-3, 6-7 (2), 7-6 (2) to move into the round of 16 at the Western & Southern Open at the Linder Tennis Family Center in Cincinnati on Tuesday evening.
It was the Tunisian’s first match on the WTA Tour since Wimbledon, and she did it the hard way, falling behind 1-5 in the third set before clawing her way back to win the decider in a tiebreak.
Kalinina, ranked No 28, won against Chinese Lin Zhu (6-3, 7-5) in the previous round of the Cincy Open.
Cincinnati WTA 1000, other second-round results (Linder Tennis Family Center, hard, USD 2.788.468, most recent results first):
- Daria Kasatkina vs. Varvara Gracheva
- Martina Trevisan vs. Jessica Pegula
- Petra Martic vs. Karolina Muchova
- Mayar Sherif vs. Coco Gauff
- Elena Rybakina vs. Jelena Ostapenko
- Marketa Vondrousova vs. Anastasia Potapova
- Qinwen Zheng vs. Venus Williams
- Iga Swiatek vs. Danielle Collins
- Sloane Stephens vs. Caroline Garcia
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