Zhengzhou Open: Jabeur beats Bronzetti – but then pulls out of the tournament
Ons Jabeur defeated Lucia Bronzetti 6-3, 7-6 (5) on Thursday and will play the winner of the match between Chinese wildcard Zhuoxuan Bai and Russian Daria Kasatkina, the No 8 seed, in the next round
Ons Jabeur at the US Open (Zuma/Panoramic)
Tunisian Ons Jabeur, the No 4 seed, won against Italian Lucia Bronzetti 6-3, 7-6 (5) to move into the quarter-finals of the Zhengzhou Open at Zhongyuan Tennis Training Base Management Center on Thursday.
Jabeur, ranked No 7, would have faced Daria Kasatkina next – but pulled out of the tournament shortly after the match.
““I’m so sorry that I have to withdraw because my knee is not feeling so great. I just want to say that I love my time here in Zhengzhou and I hopefully I can come back next year,” said the Tn
Bronzetti, ranked No 63, beat Chinese wildcard Hanyu Guo (7-5, 6-1) in the previous round of the Zhengzhou tournament.
Zhengzhou WTA 500, other second-round results (Zhongyuan Tennis Training Base Management Center, hard, USD 780.637, most recent results first):
- Barbora Krejcikova vs. Petra Martic
- Zhuoxuan Bai vs. Daria Kasatkina
- Laura Siegemund (Q) beat Liudmila Samsonova (11): 3-6, 6-2, 6-1
- Lesia Tsurenko (Q) beat Donna Vekic (10): 7-6 (4), 7-6 (2)
- Qinwen Zheng beat Maria Sakkari (3): 7-6 (2), 6-3
- Jasmine Paolini beat Caroline Garcia (6): 3-6, 6-4, 7-5
- Anhelina Kalinina beat Vera Zvonareva (Q): 7-5, 6-1
People in this post
More tennis news
Tennis Majors launches new WhatsApp channel: Join us now!
Rafael Nadal waves farewell as magical run in Madrid ended by magnificent Lehecka performance
Madrid Open: Keys fights back to knock out Jabeur and reach semi-finals
Madrid Masters: Auger-Aliassime stuns Ruud to reach quarter-finals
Indomitable Alcaraz survives huge scare against Struff in Madrid Open thriller
