Anas Jaber to the quarter-finals of Roland Garros
Tunisian Anas Jaber, ranked 26th in the world, won 11 consecutive games to recover from a group delay in front of Poland's Magda Linnet to win 3-6, 6-0, 6-1 on Saturday, to reach the eighth final of the French Open, the second Grand Slam.
It is the second time in 4 participations that Jaber has reached the last eight of the French championship, after the first last year, when she was eliminated by American Danielle Collins.
The Tunisian hopes to repeat at least the completion of the Australian Open early last year, when she became the first Arab player to reach the quarter-finals of a Grand Slam tournament, before losing to American Sofia Kenin, who went on and won the title.
After losing the first set, Jaber performed a tremendous performance and won 11 games in a row, and had 4 chances to break her opponent, ranked 45 in the world, and win the deciding set 6-0 as well, but she did not benefit from any of them before she finished the match when she was served.
Jaber is waiting for a strong match in the final price against one of the Americans, Jennifer Brady, the 14th Australian Open runner-up, or the brilliant teenager Coco Gauff, the 25th.
AFP
