Jabeur overcomes slow start to advance in French Open FMTNews FMTSports
PARIS: Tunisian seventh seed Ons Jabeur overcame a bad start to reach the fourth round of the French Open with a 4-6, 6-4, 6-2 victory over Serbian qualifier Olga Danilovic today.
Danilovic, 22, wrapped up the opening set with a winner for a decisive break in the 10th game and was toe to toe with Jabeur until midway through the second.An unforced error, however, allowed the Tunisian to take a 5-4 advantage and she held to take the set to the delight of dozens of Tunisian flag-waving fans.
At change of ends before her opponent served for the set at 5-2 after another break of serve, Danilovic had her ankle strapped by the physiotherapist.
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