Ons Zhaber was eliminated by Marta Kostyuk in the second round of the “WTA 1000” competition in Beijing. Before Tuesday’s match, the three-time Grand Slam finalist talked about the new rules in the women’s circuit.

Ons Jabert, eliminated from WTA in Beijing: “WTA should better explain the rule of the first free round”

Maria Sakkari and Caroline Garcia meet again in the semifinals of Guadalajara (WTA 1000) the Greek won the competition in Mexico. Both players then won the bye (first free round) in Tokyo (WTA 500).

Champion in Ningbo (WTA 250), Jaber would have liked to have a free first round in Beijing (WTA 1000), but it did not happen and the Tunisian had to play two days in a row.

Ons (a 2022 US Open and 2022 and 2023 Wimbledon finalist) beat American Ashlyn Kruger on Monday but lost to Ukrainian Marty Kostyuk (44 WTA) on Tuesday, 7-6(5), 6-1.

“The rules for getting a free first round are confusing. In my case, I would like to have a free first round for Ningbo results. If you take into account tournaments from 500 points to 1000, then you can also take into account the results of a tournament with 250 points.

I think there should be some changes in the calendar. We should not have a tour to Mexico (Guadalajara), then Tokyo and from Tokyo come here (Beijing). I think if they give these qualifications directly in the second round, then they should do it properly and explain the rules better.

I don’t think we have an explanation for that. I thought I would have a free first lap, but it didn’t happen. This is disappointing. I understand Elena Rybakina (no, and the Kazakh complained about this situation) and I hope that the WTA will find a solution to prevent such situations. These situations must be clarified once and for all.” said Ons Jaber before the match with Marta Kostiuk.

also on Tuesday Daria Kasatkina (11th favorite in Beijing) was defeated by China’s Xinyu Wang (37 WTA), score 6-4, 6-2.

The China Open is held in Beijing from September 30 to October 8 on hard, is part of the WTA 1000 category and has a total prize pool of $8,127,389.

The competition was last held in 2019 (it was postponed due to the Covid-19 pandemic), and then Naomi Osaka became the champion.