ast 12 months’s Wimbledon runner-up Ons Jabeur booked her place in a primary French Open quarter-final with a 6-3, 6-1 win over Bernarda Pera.
The Tunisian, who was a shock first-round casualty at Roland Garros a 12 months in the past, has not dropped a set in 4 matches to this point in Paris.
American Pera was the underdog all through as she failed to carry a single service sport though nonetheless managed to get common breaks off the Jabeur serve in each units.
Regardless of her personal serving points, the No7 seed proved a category aside all through to e-book her place within the final eight of the event.
Following the win, she stated: “I wouldn’t say it was easy. It was very tough and I’m so happy. It took me three times to get to the quarter-finals and I’m very happy to make my best result here at the French Open. Hopefully I can continue playing well and we will see what happens.”
