DOHA RESULTS. Ons Jabeur surprises Pliskova in the 3rd round of the Qatar Total Open

Ons Jabeur shocks Karolina Pliskova 6-4 3-6 6-3 in the 3^rd round in Doha on Wednesday. Jabeur will face off with Petra Kvitova in the quarter.

Score, report, and key facts

1^st set.

Jabeur had a pretty good kick start of the set after breaking Pliskova in the 1^st game (1-0). That break was crucial for Jabeur to win the set (6-4) as no one dropped a serve anymore.

2^nd set.

There was not much difference between the 2 players in this set with the exception of 1 break that Pliskova conquered in the 4^th game (3-1) before winning the set (6-3).

3^rd set.

Ons won the set after she broke the Czech in the 6^th (4-2) and in the 8^th (5-3) game. The Czech tried to stage a comeback breaking in the 7^th (4-3) game. Nevertheless, the Tunisian maintained the focus before winning the set 6-3.

Statistics

At the end of the match, Jabeur scored 89 points vs. the Czech’s 81 points.

Ons won this match even if she was struggling when converting her break points as she converted only 30% (3/10). On the other side, Karolina had some problems converting her break points (only 33% – 2/6). That was one of the key issues for her defeat.

After this encounter, the head to head between Jabeur and Pliskova is 1-1.

Highlights Ons Jabeur vs. Karolina Pliskova Qatar Total Open – Doha

Next Match H2H: Ons Jabeur vs. Petra Kvitova – stats

Jabeur will fight against Kvitova in the quarter.

This will be the 2^nd time that Ons Jabeur and Petra Kvitova face off. The head to head is 1-0 for Kvitova (see full H2H stats), but they have never competed against each other on hard.

The last time that they locked horns, Kvitova won 6-4 6-2 in the 1^st round in London back in 2019.

Tennis Scores in Doha

• Svetlana KuznetsovaKuznetsova – Amanda AnisimovaAnisimova (w/o) – See score progression
• Aryna SabalenkaSabalenka – Maria SakkariSakkari (6-3 6-0) – See score progression
• Ashleigh BartyBarty – Elena RybakinaRybakina (w/o) – See score progression
• Petra KvitovaKvitova – Jelena OstapenkoOstapenko (6-2 5-7 6-1) – See score progression
• Garbine MuguruzaMuguruza – Dayana YastremskaYastremska (6-2 6-4) – See score progression
• Ons JabeurJabeur – Karolina PliskovaPliskova (6-4 3-6 6-3) – See score progression
• Saisai ZhengZheng – Kiki BertensBertens (3-6 6-3 6-4) – See score progression
• Belinda BencicBencic – Yulia PutintsevaPutintseva (6-4 6-3) – See score progression

Upcoming matches

• Ashleigh BartyBarty – Garbine MuguruzaMuguruza (1-1) – See H2H details
• Ons JabeurJabeur – Petra KvitovaKvitova (0-1) – See H2H details
• Svetlana KuznetsovaKuznetsova – Belinda BencicBencic (1-3) – See H2H details
• Saisai ZhengZheng – Aryna SabalenkaSabalenka (1-1) – See H2H details