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Tunisian tennis player Our Jabeur was imposed on Thursday resoundingly to the French Caroline Garcia and advanced to the final US Openwhere he waits for the Polish Every Swiatek or the Belarusian Aryna Sabalenka.
Jaberrunner-up of Wimbledon in July, he got a ticket to his second semifinals in a row Grand Slam with an exhibition before Garcia which settled in just 66 minutes 6-1 and 6-3 on the center court of Flushing Meadows (New York).
At 28 years old, the same as Garciathe Tunisian continues to open paths never traveled by African tennis and on Saturday she will have her second chance to lift her coveted first trophy Grand Slam.
“It feels amazing. After Wimbledon there was a lot of pressure about me and I have complied with the results”, he congratulated himself.
Jaber had a fulminant start to the match against a blurred Garciawho paid the weight of playing his first semifinals of Grand Slam and the first in French women’s tennis since Marion Bartoli a 2013 one Wimbledon.
The Frenchwoman, champion in August WTA 1000 of Cincinnati and with a streak of 13 wins in a row, was quickly overtaken by the devastating tennis of Jaberwho hit 8 aces and 21 winners, to 2 and 12 from his rival.
Garcia she delivered the first set in just 23 minutes, suffering three service breaks. In the second he increased the intensity but never managed to risk Jaber and left without having a single break point.
the Tunisian, number five of ranking worldhad already prevailed over the Frenchwoman in their two clashes as professionals and also in four other duels on the junior circuit between 2010 and 2011.
The Tunisian, who in Wimbledon was the first African finalist of Grand Slamit is now also in the 141 editions of the US Open.
