Tunisia’s sixth ranked female tennis star, Ons Jabeur, survived a scare at the ongoing Wimbledon tournament when she rallied back to beat Bianca Andreescu and set up a fourth round meeting with two-time champion, Petra Kvitova.
Jabeur, who was the runner-up in last year’s event, came from a set down to defeat the Canadian Andreescu 3-6 6-3 6-4 after a rain enforced delay on Centre Court.
After blistering through her first two rounds, making light work of her first two opponents at SW19 and dropping only eight games, Jabuer was up against arguably her toughest opponent in Andreescu and struggled to get a hold of her game in the opening set, no thanks to the rain which forced lengthy delays.
According to Tennis News,
“Jabeur looked uncomfortable from the opening exchanges against the 2019 US Open champion Andreescu, sending simple shots out of bounds and turning to shout at her team in exasperation as she gave away the first set.
“The momentum, however, shifted on a call of out at 2-2 in the second set – Andreescu challenged the decision but, after seeing Jabeur’s reaction, cancelled it before it went to the replay.
“But, with the score poised at 3-2 after Jabeur had forced the deciding set back on serve, rain led to play stopping as the roof closed.
“Jabeur returned from the near 50-minute break the better and secured a crucial break as Andreescu’s nerves got the better of her, with Jabeur then able to capitalise and serve out the match.”