The WTA 1000 tournament in Rome was also without fourth seed Ons Jabert, who was defeated by Paula Badoza 6-1, 6-4 in the second round of the event at the Foro Italico.

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Ons Jabert, eliminated from WTA Rome Paula Badosa

After the second (Aryna Sabalenko) and third (Jessica Pegula) favorites exited the competition on Thursday, it is now the turn of Ons Jabert (fourth seed) to exit the Foro Italico tournament.

The match lasted 70 minutes and was largely at the discretion of the athlete from Spain (35th place in the world singles ranking).

WTA Rome takes place from May 9 to 20 on the clay in the Foro Italico complex. His total prize money is $3,572,618 and is in the “WTA 1000” category. Iga Svyatek became the champion of the last two competitions. In Romania, the matches of the women’s table can be watched live on Digisport.

• The Italian competition, founded in 1930, has been won three times by a Romanian athlete: Ilie Nestase, 1970 and 1973 editions, and Simona Halep, 2020.

• They have also been in the finals: Ilie Nestase (1974, losing to Bjorn Borg), Virginia Ruzici (1978, 1980, 1981) and Simona Halep (2017, 2018, losing both times to Elina Svitolina).