DUBAI RESULTS. Spirited Simona Halep outlasts Jabeur in the 2nd round of the Dubai Duty Free Championships

Simona Halep outlasts Ons Jabeur 1-6 6-2 7-6⁷ in the 2^nd round in Dubai on Wednesday after winning a huge battle. Halep will have to play Aryna Sabalenka in the quarter.

Score, report, and key facts

1^st set.

Ons was far too good to drop just 1 game before breaking the Romanian 2 times and win the set 6-1.

Halep was completely wiped out in the last 5 games of the set (from 1-1 to 6-1).

2^nd set.

Halep had a favorable start in this set after breaking Jabeur in the 2^nd game (2-0) before consolidating her break and lead 3-0. Notwithstanding, that was not enough for Simona to win the set because Jabeur found the way to break back in the 7^th (2-5) game. Simona kept her cool to break Jabeur in the 8^th (6-2) game.

Halep failed to serve out the set when leading 5-1 to be broken at 30.

3^rd set.

Halep conquered a commanding position in the outset to break Jabeur in the 2^nd game (2-0) before consolidating her break and lead 3-0. Nevertheless, the set was not over yet and there was more work to do for Halep to win the set since the Tunisian found the way to break back in the 7^th (3-4) and in the 11^th (6-5) game. Simona kept her focus before winning the set at the breaker at 7.

Statistics

At the end of the match, Simona scored 95 points vs. the Tunisian’s 92 points.

Halep didn’t lose the focus when converting 56% of the break points that she conquered (5/9). On the other side, Ons was effective when converting 63% of the break points that she procured points (5/8

). Anyhow, that was not enough to win the encounter.

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

Highlights Simona Halep vs. Ons Jabeur Dubai Duty Free Championships – Dubai

Next Match H2H: Simona Halep vs. Aryna Sabalenka – stats

Halep will compete against Sabalenka in the quarter.

This will be the 4^th time that Simona Halep and Aryna Sabalenka face off. The head to head is 2-1 for Halep (see full H2H stats), 2-1 on hard.

The last time that they squared off, Sabalenka won 6-4 6-2 in the quarter in Adelaide back in January 2020.

Tennis Scores in Dubai

• Garbine MuguruzaMuguruza – Veronika KudermetovaKudermetova (7-5 4-6 6-4) – See score progression
• Sofia Kenin/Bethanie Mattek-SandsKenin/Bethanie Mattek-Sands – Kveta Peschke/Demi SchuursPeschke/Demi Schuurs (0-6 6-0 10-1) – See score progression
• Anett KontaveitKontaveit – Anastasia PavlyuchenkovaPavlyuchenkova (7-6⁵ 7-5) – See score progression
• Karolina PliskovaPliskova – Kristina MladenovicMladenovic (6-1 6-2) – See score progression
• Petra MarticMartic – Barbora StrycovaStrycova (6-3 6-3) – See score progression
• Aryna SabalenkaSabalenka – Elise MertensMertens (6-4 6-3) – See score progression
• Simona HalepHalep – Ons JabeurJabeur (1-6 6-2 7-6⁷) – See score progression
• Jennifer BradyBrady – Marketa VondrousovaVondrousova (4-6 6-4 6-1) – See score progression
• Elena RybakinaRybakina – Katerina SiniakovaSiniakova (6-3 6-3) – See score progression

Upcoming matches

• Simona HalepHalep – Aryna SabalenkaSabalenka (2-1) – See H2H details
• Jennifer BradyBrady – Garbine MuguruzaMuguruza (0-0) – See H2H details
• Petra MarticMartic – Anett KontaveitKontaveit (0-0) – See H2H details
• Elena RybakinaRybakina – Karolina PliskovaPliskova (0-0) – See H2H details