Ons Jabeur rolls past Ekaterina Alexandrova 6-2 6-3 in the semifinal in Madrid on Thursday after playing a terrific match to fight against Jessica Pegula in the final. The match lasted 1 hour and 1 minute. This will be her most significant achievement in this event. In the past, the best she could do in the past was reaching the 3rd round in 2021. Here you can see her history at this event.
Highlights Ons Jabeur vs. Ekaterina Alexandrova Mutua Madrid Open – Madrid
Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners
1h:01
At the end of the match, Ons scored 59 points vs. Ekaterina’s 40.
Jabeur
The Tunisian served pretty well to win 81% of the points (26/32) behind her first serve, and she won 59% points (13/22) on her second serve. Ons was effective at converting 80% of the break points that she procured (4/5).
Alexandrova
On the other side, the Russian was battling in converting her break points (only 33% – 1/3). That was one of the key issues for her defeat.
After this match, the head to head between Jabeur and Alexandrova is 2-6 for Ekaterina.
Draw and next match H2H: Ons Jabeur vs. Jessica Pegula – stats
Jabeur will fight against Pegula in the final.
This will be the 5th time that Ons Jabeur and Jessica Pegula square off. The head to head is 2-2 for Jabeur and Pegula (see full H2H stats), but they have never competed against each other on clay.
The last time that they played each other, Jabeur won 6-3 6-1 in the 2nd round in Dubai back in February 2022.
Live score progression and stats
Jabeur was too good for Ekaterina and consequently she won 6-2. The Russian broke Ons 3 times in the 4th (3-1), in the 6th (4-2) and in the 8th (6-2) game. However, the Tunisian broke her opponent in the 5th (3-2) game, but that didn’t prevent her to conquer the set (6-2).
The Tunisian converted 75% of her break points (3/4). She had 4 break points opportunities in the 3rd (2-1 30-40), the 6th (3-2 40-A and 40-A) and the 8th game (5-2 30-40). Also, on the other side, Alexandrova converted 33% of her break points (1/3). She had her opportunities in the 5th game (1-3 30-40, 40-A and 40-A).
They contested 56 points. Ons conquered the set after winning 10 more points than Ekaterina (33-23). Jabeur lost 11 points on serve (18-11). On the losing side, Ekaterina conceded 15 points on serve (12-15).
Both players managed to hold their service games for the entire set. The only difference was just 1 break that Jabeur clinched in the 8th game (5-3) prior to ultimately winning the set (6-3).
Jabeur was clinical in converting the only break point that she conquered in the 8th game (4-3 15-40). On the other side, Jabeur didn’t concede a single break point during this set.
They contested 43 points. Jabeur conquered the set after winning 9 points more than the Russian (26-17). Jabeur was extremely solid on serve to concede just 4 points (21-4). Regarding the other side of the net, Ekaterina conceded 5 points on serve (13-5).
Tennis Scores in Madrid
- Jessica PegulaPegula – Jil TeichmannTeichmann (6-3 6-4) – Stats and score progression
- Ons JabeurJabeur – Ekaterina AlexandrovaAlexandrova (6-2 6-3) – Stats and score progression
Upcoming matches
- Jessica PegulaPegula – Ons JabeurJabeur (2-2) – H2H details and stats
