Ons Jabeur and Emma Raducanu entertained the local crowd in Abu Dhabi, where they played a match on the occasion of the Mubadala World Tennis Championship. Eventually, it was the Tunisian player who won 5-7, 6-3, 10-8 after a rather entertaining match.
In the meantime, Emma has started working with Belinda Bencic’s former coach, Sebastian Sachs, apparently on a trial basis.
Ons Jabeur in 2022
At the moment ranked no.2 (career-high), the Tunisian played her last match on the 4th of November when she was overcome by world no.6 Maria Sakkari 6-2 6-3 in the round robin in Fort Worth (draw).
This season Jabeur achieved an overall 47-17 record. Jabeur clinched 2 titles in 2022 in Madrid and Berlin. Jabeur reached the final in Charleston, Rome, Wimbledon and U.S. Open.
Emma Raducanu in 2022
Currently the world no.76, Raducanu played her last match on the 4th of October when she was overcome by world no.8 Darya Kasatkina 7-5 6-4 in the 1st round in Ostrava (draw).
Until now, during this year Raducanu has an overall 17-19 record. Emma Raducanu’s best result of the present season was reaching the semifinal in Seoul.
Ons Jabeur and Emma Raducanu have never squared off.