(Provided by Tennis World USA)
Ons Jabeur made her way into the third round of the French Open on Thursday. The seventh seed from Tunisia wrapped up a 6-2, 6-3 win over Frenchwoman Oceane Dodin in an hour and 11 minutes. This is the third time in her career that Jabeur’s reached this far at Roland Garros.
Jabeur won 78% of her first-serve points to her opponent’s 55%. She also won 14 of 25 points on return on Dodin’s second serve. The 28-year-old was able to angle her shots well for which Dodin had no answers to give.
Jabeur finished the match with 25 winners to Dodin’s 15 and had just 16 unforced errors to the latter’s 27. Dodin did convert two of three break points on Jabeur’s serve but also conceded five break points on her own serve.
Serbian qualifier Olga Danilovic will be Jabeur’s next opponent. Danilovic won 6-2, 7-5 against Jasmine Paolini. If Jabeur were to win the match it would mean equalling her best result in the French Major. Earlier, in 2020 and 2021 Jabeur reached the fourth round in Paris.
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