Stuttgart Open: Paolini knocks out Jabeur in second round
Jasmine Paolini defeated Ons Jabeur 7-6 (8), 6-4 on Thursday afternoon and will face Kazakh Elena Rybakina, the No 4 seed, in the next round
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Italian Jasmine Paolini moved into the quarter-finals of the Stuttgart Open by winning against Tunisian Ons Jabeur, the No 7 seed, 7-6 (8), 6-4 at the Porsche-Arena on Thursday afternoon.
Paolini, ranked No 14, will play Kazakh Elena Rybakina, the No 4 seed, next.
The Italian defeated qualifier Sara Errani (6-1, 6-0) ahead of her victory.
In the previous round of the Stuttgart tournament, Jabeur, ranked No 9, edged out Russian Ekaterina Alexandrova (2-6, 6-3, 7-6 (1)).
Stuttgart WTA 500, other second-round results (Porsche-Arena, clay, USD 802.237, most recent results first):
- Qinwen Zheng vs. Marta Kostyuk
- Emma Raducanu vs. Linda Noskova
- Iga Swiatek vs. Elise Mertens
- Marketa Vondrousova (6) beat Anastasia Potapova: 7-6 (5), 6-1
- Elena Rybakina beat Veronika Kudermetova: 7-6 (3), 1-6, 6-4
- Aryna Sabalenka (2) beat Paula Badosa: 7-6 (4), 4-6, 3-3 ret.
- Coco Gauff (3) beat Sachia Vickery (Q): 6-3, 4-6, 7-5
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