Ons Jabeur topples Maria Sakkari 1-6 7-5 6-1 in the quarter in Rome on Friday. Jabeur will have to play Daria Kasatkina in the semifinal. The battle lasted 2 hours and 1 minute. This will be her best achievement in this event. In the past, the best she could do in the past was reaching the 1st round in 2020. Here you can see her history at this event.
Highlights Ons Jabeur vs. Maria Sakkari Internazionali BNL d’Italia – Rome
Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners
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At the end of the match, the Tunisian scored 92 points vs. the Greek’s 88.
Jabeur
The Tunisian didn’t lose the focus when converting 50% of the break points that she procured (6/12).
Sakkari
On the other side, the Greek was pretty focused in converting 56% of the break points that she conquered points (5/9). Nonetheless, that was not enough to win the match.
After this encounter, the head to head between Jabeur and Sakkari is 2-1 for Ons.
Draw and next match H2H: Ons Jabeur vs. Daria Kasatkina – stats
Jabeur will square off with Kasatkina in the semifinal.
This will be the 6th time that Ons Jabeur and Daria Kasatkina face off. The head to head is 3-2 for Jabeur (see full H2H stats), 1-0 on clay.
The last time that they locked horns, Jabeur won 6-3 6-3 in the 2nd round in Stuttgart back in April 2022.
Live score progression and stats
Jabeur started the set in the best possible way after breaking Maria Sakkari in the 2nd game (2-0) before consolidating her break and lead 3-0. The Greek managed to boost her lead after breaking the Tunisian in the 6th (5-1) game before conquering the set (6-1).
Sakkari was perfect in converting all her break points in the 2nd (1-0 30-40) and the 6th game (4-1 30-40, 40-A, 40-A and 40-A). On the other side, Jabeur wasn’t able to convert 1 break point in the 5th game (1-3 30-40).
They played 54 points. Sakkari was the winner of the set after clinching 14 points more than the Tunisian (34-20). The Greek dropped 7 points on serve (19-7). on the other side of the court, the Tunisian conceded 15 points on serve (13-15).
Jabeur had a strong start of this set after breaking Maria Sakkari in the 1st game (1-0) before consolidating her break and lead 3-0. Notwithstanding, the Tunisian managed to stage a good comeback to break Maria 4 times in the 4th (1-3), in the 8th (3-5), in the 10th (5-5) gamein the 12th game before winning the set (7-5) after breaking his opponent in the last game.
Maria was powerless in the last 5 games of the set when the scoreline went from 2-5 to 7-5.
They played 79 points. Ons was the winner of the set after clinching 5 points more than Sakkari (42-37). The Tunisian surrendered 19 points on serve (18-19). On the losing side, Sakkari conceded 24 points on serve (18-24).
Jabeur had a running start at the beginning of the set after breaking Maria Sakkari in the 2nd game (2-0) before consolidating her break and lead 3-0. Jabeur improved her lead after breaking Sakkari in the 6th (5-1) game before conquering the set (6-1).
Jabeur converted 40% of her break points (2/5). She had 5 break points opportunities in the 2nd (1-0 0-40 and 15-40), the 4th (3-0 30-40 and 40-A) and the 6th game (4-1 30-40). On the other side, the Greek wasn’t able to convert 1 break point in the 5th game (1-3 30-40).
They contested 45 points. The Tunisian won 15 more points than Sakkari (30-15). Ons lost 5 points on serve (17-5). on the other side of the net, Sakkari conceded 13 points on serve (10-13).
Tennis Scores in Rome
- Ons JabeurJabeur – Maria SakkariSakkari (1-6 7-5 6-1) – Stats and score progression
- Daria KasatkinaKasatkina – Jil TeichmannTeichmann (6-4 3-2 ret.) – Stats and score progression
- Aryna SabalenkaSabalenka – Amanda AnisimovaAnisimova (4-6 6-3 6-2) – Stats and score progression
- Iga SwiatekSwiatek – Bianca Vanessa AndreescuVanessa Andreescu (7-62 6-0) – Stats and score progression
Upcoming matches
- Iga SwiatekSwiatek – Aryna SabalenkaSabalenka (2-1) – H2H details and stats
- Ons JabeurJabeur – Darya KasatkinaKasatkina (3-2) – H2H details and stats
