Top seed Jabeur misses out on home title after defeat by Liu in Tunisia

Top seed Ons Jabeur will not be holding up the trophy in her home tournament this weekend after she was beaten 6-3, 4-6, 6-4 by American Claire Liu in the quarter-finals of the Jasmin Open in Tunisia.

Liu, ranked No 73, will play the winner of the match between Japanese qualifier Moyuka Uchijima and Belgian Elise Mertens, the No 5 seed, next.

In the previous rounds, the 22-year-old American won against Croat qualifier Ana Konjuh (6-3, 6-2) and Czech Katerina Siniakova, the No 7 seed (7-5, 6-2).

Jabeur, ranked No 2, defeated American Ann Li (6-2, 6-3) and Russian Evgeniya Rodina (6-1, 6-3) earlier in the tournament.

Monastir WTA 250, other quarter-final results (Monastir Tennis Club, hard, USD 251.750, most recent results first):

• Moyuka Uchijima vs. Elise Mertens
• Veronika Kudermetova (2) beat Diane Parry: 6-4, 6-1
• Alize Cornet (3) beat Tamara Zidansek: 7-5, 7-6 (7)