Ons Jabeur aces Wakana Sonobe 6-3 6-3 in the 2nd round in Abu Dhabi on Wednesday. Jabeur will square off with Elena Rybakina in the quarter. The match lasted 1 hour and 13 minutes. This run will match her best result in this competition. Here you can see her history at this event.
Ons added to her prize money $ 12,995 after winning this match. She has already won $ 28,695 after this win. If she wins the next match, the Tunisian will add $ 30,305 to her earnings to get in total $ 59,000 in total.
Highlights Ons Jabeur vs. Wakana Sonobe Mubadala Abu Dhabi Open – Abu Dhabi
Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners
At the end of the match, the Tunisian scored 64 points vs. Wakana’s 50.
Jabeur
Ons was pretty effective at converting 71% of the break points that she conquered (5/7).
Sonobe
On the other side, Sonobe didn’t lose the focus when converting 67% of the break points that she conquered points (2/3). Notwithstanding, that was not enough to win the encounter.
After this encounter, the head to head between Jabeur and Sonobe is 1-0 for Ons.
Draw and next match H2H: Ons Jabeur vs. Elena Rybakina – stats
Jabeur will compete against Rybakina in the quarter.
This will be the 6th time that Ons Jabeur and Elena Rybakina play each other. The head to head is 3-2 for Jabeur (see full H2H stats), 2-1 on hard.
The last time that they squared off, Jabeur won 6-75 6-4 6-1 in the quarter in London back in 2023.
Live score progression and stats
Jabeur won the set after she broke the Japanese 3 times in the 5th (3-2), in the 7th (4-3) and in the 9th (6-3) game. Wakana tried to stage a comeback breaking in the 6th (3-3) game. Nonetheless, the Tunisian refused to give way to conquer the set 6-3.
Ons failed to serve out the set when leading 6-3 to be broken at 0.
Sonobe was completely wiped out in the last 4 games of the set when the scoreline went from 3-3
to 6-3.Jabeur converted 75% of her break points (3/4). She had 4 break points opportunities in the 5th (2-2 15-40), the 7th (3-3 40-A and 40-A) and the 9th game (5-3 15-40). Moreover, on the other side, Sonobe converted 33% of her break points (1/3). She had her opportunities in the 5th (2-3 15-40 and 30-40) and the 10th game (2-6 0-40).
They contested 57 points. The set was a huge battle since finally Ons won just 3 more points than the Japanese (30-27
). Jabeur lost 12 points on serve (14-12). on the other side of the court, Sonobe conceded 16 points on serve (15-16).Both players managed to hold their service games for the entire set. The only difference was just 1 break that Ons conquered in the 8th game (5-3) before eventually conquering the set (6-3).
The Tunisian converted 33% of her break points (1/3). She had 3 break points opportunities in the 1st (0-0 30-40) and the 8th game (4-3 40-A and 40-A). On the other side, Jabeur didn’t concede a single break point during this set.
They played 57 points. Jabeur was the winner of the set after clinching 11 more points than Sonobe (34-23). Ons dropped 8 points on serve (19-8). In addition, on the other side, Sonobe conceded 15 points on serve (15-15).
Tennis Scores in Abu Dhabi
- Ashlyn KruegerKrueger – Daria KasatkinaKasatkina (1-6 7-5 6-4)
- Ons JabeurJabeur – Wakana SonobeSonobe (6-3 6-3)
- Belinda BencicBencic – Veronika KudermetovaKudermetova (6-0 6-0)
- Magda LinetteLinette – Anastasia PavlyuchenkovaPavlyuchenkova (5-7 4-1 ret.)
- Elena RybakinaRybakina – Katie VolynetsVolynets (2-6 6-4 6-4)
- Linda NoskovaNoskova – Paula BadosaBadosa (6-4 6-1)
- Marketa VondrousovaVondrousova – Yulia PutintsevaPutintseva (6-2 6-3)
- Leylah Annie FernandezAnnie Fernandez – Lulu SunSun (6-0 6-3)
Upcoming matches
- Elena RybakinaRybakina – Ons JabeurJabeur (2-3) – H2H details and stats
- Marketa VondrousovaVondrousova – Belinda BencicBencic (1-2) – H2H details and stats
- Leylah Annie FernandezAnnie Fernandez – (1-1) – H2H details and stats
- Magda LinetteLinette – (2-0) – H2H details and stats