Ons Jabeur to face American Jessica Pegula in her 1st WTA 1000 final
Eighth-seeded Ons Jabeur comfortably defeated qualifier Ekaterina Alexandrova 6-2, 6-3 in just over an hour Thursday to advance to the final of the Madrid Open.
The 10th-ranked Jabeur, the only top-10 player left in the women's draw, had lost five of her six matches against Alexandrova from 2016 to 2018. The Tunisian is the first Arab player to reach a WTA 1000 final.
It will be her sixth career final and first since a runner-up finish in Charleston last month.
She will face 12th-seeded American Jessica Pegula, who defeated Jil Teichmann 6-3, 6-4 to also make her first WTA 1000 final.
Pegula and Jabeur are tied 2-2 in head-to-head meetings.
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