DUBAI RESULTS. Ons Jabeur defeats Riske in the 1st round

Ons Jabeur gets by Alison Riske 7-6³ 1-6 6-3 in the 1^st round in Dubai on Monday. Jabeur will have to play Simona Halep in the 2^nd round.

Score, report, and key facts

1^st set.

Riske got off on the right foot in the set after breaking Jabeur in the 1^st game (1-0). However, Ons found the way to come back to break the American in the 4^th (2-2) game before winning the set at the tiebreak at 3.

2^nd set.

Riske had a boost of confidence at the beginning of the set after breaking Jabeur in the 2^nd game (2-0) before consolidating her break and lead 5-0. Alison improved her lead after breaking the Tunisian in the 4^th (4-0) game before managing to win the set (6-1).

A defining moment of this match was when Riske won 5 consecutive games in the 2^nd set to change the scoreline from 0-0 to 5-0.

3^rd set.

There was not much difference between the 2 players in this set with the exception of 1 break that Jabeur conquered in the 8^th game (5-3) before winning the set (6-3).

Statistics

Ons won this encounter even if she scored the same amount of points of Alison (97 vs. 97).

Ons served extremely well to win 80% of the points (36/45) behind her first serve. However she won only 48% points (24/50) on her second serve. The Tunisian won this match even if she was struggling to find the solution in converting her break points as she converted only 33% (2/6). On the other side, Alison had a tough time converting her break points (only 27% – 3/11). That was one of the key issues for her demise.

After this match, the head to head between Jabeur and Riske is 1-1.

Highlights Ons Jabeur vs. Alison Riske Dubai Duty Free Championships – Dubai

Next Match H2H: Ons Jabeur vs. Simona Halep – stats

Jabeur will play Halep in the 2^nd round.

This will be the 2^nd time that Ons Jabeur and Simona Halep fight against each other. The head to head is 1-0 for Jabeur (see full H2H stats), 1-0 on hard.

The last time that they squared off, Jabeur won 6-1 ret. in the 1^st round in Beijing back in 2018.

Tennis Scores in Dubai

• Ons JabeurJabeur – Alison RiskeRiske (7-6³ 1-6 6-3) – See score progression
• Marketa VondrousovaVondrousova – Anastasija SevastovaSevastova (6-3 6-2) – See score progression
• Elise MertensMertens – Qiang WangWang (6-3 6-0) – See score progression
• Barbora StrycovaStrycova – Amanda AnisimovaAnisimova (7-6³ 2-6 6-4) – See score progression
• Garbine MuguruzaMuguruza – Kim ClijstersClijsters (6-2 7-6⁶) – See score progression

Upcoming matches

• Maria SakkariSakkari – Aryna SabalenkaSabalenka (1-1) – See H2H details
• Elina SvitolinaSvitolina – Jennifer BradyBrady (1-0) – See H2H details
• Veronika KudermetovaKudermetova – Dayana YastremskaYastremska (1-0) – See H2H details
• Petra MarticMartic – Su-Wei HsiehHsieh (1-2) – See H2H details
• Sorana CirsteaCirstea – Anett KontaveitKontaveit (0-0) – See H2H details
• Anastasia PavlyuchenkovaPavlyuchenkova – Belinda BencicBencic (1-4) – See H2H details
• Sofia KeninKenin – Elena RybakinaRybakina (0-0) – See H2H details
• Karolina MuchovaMuchova – Katerina SiniakovaSiniakova (0-0) – See H2H details
• Kristina MladenovicMladenovic – Aliaksandra SasnovichSasnovich (1-4) – See H2H details
• Simona HalepHalep – Ons JabeurJabeur (0-1) – See H2H details