Ons Jabeur took a crucial victory against the American Jessica Pegula in three sets (1-6, 6-3, 6-3) in their duel for the Group Stage of the WTA Finals. The Tunisian gets fully into the fight to qualify for the semifinals, while her rival is practically eliminated.
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A great match between Pegula and Jabeur, the two favorites of this Group of the WTA Finals, who in this dizzying format, already had to fight hand in hand to reach the last date alive, thinking of qualifying for the semifinals. Our Jabeur She has not been going through the best moment of her season, and although she was superior to Aryna Sabalenka for much of her debut in the tournament, she ended up being defeated by the Belarusian. For her part, Jessica Pegula yes, he arrived with good feelings, entering the Top 3 of the ranking after his title in Guadalajara. However, she was never comfortable in her first match, falling in straight sets to Maria Sakkari.
Ons achieves his first victory
The game began with a clear dominance of the local player, much more settled at the high speed of the track, a situation that Jabeur suffered. Pegula knew how to take advantage of that start to make consecutive breaks, and thus enlarge an advantage to play more relaxed. The American left no doubts in her service turns, and beyond some good attempts by the Tunisian, she fully took control of the scoreboard. Pegula stayed with that first set for a bulky 6-1.
Jabeur finally managed a break in favor to go ahead, but could not hold his serve, returning everything to the initial equality. At this point, the match was not at a high level, with many mistakes occurring for both players. The Tunisian would take advantage of how Pegula wobbled with his services, and was once again on top of the result. Ons was in a moment of confidence, managing to sentence the set with a 6-3.
The game was still very close and both improved their feelings. Jabeur took all the courage out of him to save five break balls in the first game of the set. In the second, Pegula would also reverse a 15-40. Again, as in the previous set, the African player had better chances than the rest, until the long-awaited break at the right time, to stay 5-3 up. Finally, Jabeur sentenced his victory with another 6-3 to get excited about qualifying.
