Ons jabeur

Iga Swiatek is bidding for a third French Open title after victories at Roland Garros in 2020 and 2022 French Open 2023 Venue: Roland Garros, Paris Dates: 28 May-11 June Coverage: Live text and radio commentaries of selected matches across BBC Radio 5 Sports Extra, the BBC Sport website and app Defending champion Iga Swiatek maintained her dominance over American teenager Coco Gauff to set up a French Open semi-final against Brazilian 14th seed Beatriz Haddad Maia. World number one Swiatek, who beat Gauff in the 2022 final, won 6-4 6-2. The contest was much closer than last year but Swiatek's quality showed in a seventh straight win over Gauff. Haddad Maia reached her first Grand Slam semi-final by fighting back to stun Tunisia's Ons Jabeur. Haddad Maia, who had never previously reached the third round of a major, recovered to win 3-6 7-6 (7-5) 6-1. The 27-year-old is the first Brazilian woman to reach a Grand Slam semi-final since Maria Bueno in 1968. Swiatek and Haddad Maia will play in Thursday's second semi-final, following Belarusian second seed Aryna Sabalenka's meeting with unseeded Czech Karolina Muchova, which starts at 14:00 BST. • Zverev books emotional semi-finals return • Hewett thrashes Reid before pair win in doubles Swiatek 'happy' to spend more time on court Swiatek has been the standout player on the women's tour over the past 15 months, winning some of the sport's biggest prizes and proving particularly difficult to beat on clay. However the form of Bela...

O ns Jabeur entered the French Open last year with her career on the rise. Having won the Madrid Open, her first WTA 1000 title, she immediately followed it with victory in Rome. Jabeur began the second grand slam tournament of the year as second favourite but One year on, the 28-year-old returned under completely different circumstances. She has spent much of this season injured, with setbacks continually halting her attempts to re-establish top form. Still, the seventh seed continues to advance through the draw. On Monday, Jabeur eased past Bernarda Pera 6-3, 6-1 to reach the quarter-finals here for the first time. Read more By finally making a long-awaited extended run where she first made her name by winning the 2010 junior title, Jabeur has now reached the quarter-finals of every grand slam tournament. Despite her first-round defeat in Paris, Jabeur’s play on clay last year paved the way for a breakthrough season as she became the Just as it seemed like Jabeur had rediscovered her form, disaster struck again. The Tunisian won her first title of the year on the green clay of Charleston but three games into her Stuttgart match against Swiatek she was “I have learned a lot how to accept things, either good or bad,” she said. “Being injured was part of my path, how the season would have started here this year. I worked a lot on my mental health and worked a lot on how to manage all this because I believe a lot of injuries are connected to our emotional part. I’m trying to...

Ons Jabeur • Date of birth: 28 August 1994 • Age: 28 years old • Place of birth: Ksar El Hellar, Tunisia • Residence: Tunis, Tunisia • Nationality: Tunisian • Height: 167cm / 5ft 6ins • Plays: Right-handed • Turned Pro: 2010 • Career Prize Money: US$ 6,239,483 • Instagram: • Twitter: She began playing tennis when she was just three years old, with her mother having inspired her to take up the sport. Ons enjoyed a promising junior career and won the junior French Open title at Roland Garros in 2011, becoming the first North African woman to win a junior grand slam tournament. She made her WTA main-draw debut when she was 17 years old after being handed a wildcard at the Premier 5 Qatar Open in February 2012. Jabeur finally won her first WTA level title at the Birmingham Classic grass-court tournament in June 2021. Her second WTA title followed at the WTA 1000 Madrid Open in May 2022. She then lifted the third title of her career at the Berlin Open in June 2022. Jabeur was the first Arab player – male or female – to break into the world’s top 10. So, what do we know about Ons’ journey to becoming the talented tennis player she is today? This is her story. Early Life, Parents And Upbringing Ons Jabeur was born on 28 August 1994 in Ksar El Hellar, Tunisia to mother Samira and father Ridha. She has two brothers called Hatem and Marwen – and one sister named Yasmine. She and her family grew up in the coastal city of Sousse and she began playing tennis when she was three years ol...