Birmingham Classic 2021: Ons Jabeur joins Britain’s Heather Watson in quarter-finals
Tunisian second seed Ons Jabeur is into the Birmingham Classic quarter-finals after beating Canada’s Leylah Fernandez 6-4 3-6 7-6 (7-3). Jabeur, 26, took the first set comfortably against her 18-year-old opponent and although Fernandez levelled the match, Jabeur won the decider in a dominant tie-break. She is the highest-ranked Arab in WTA history and the African number one. “I hope I can inspire a new generation to come and help me,” she said. In the last eight she faces Russia’s Anastasia Potapova, the 2016 Wimbledon girls’ champion, who beat France’s...
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