Ons Jaber was supposed to play with Daria Kasatkina in the quarterfinals of the tournament in Zhengzhou, but the Tunisian was forced to withdraw from the “WTA 500” competition.
Ons Jaber starred in WTA Zhengzhou
In a video released by race organizers in China, the three-time Grand Slam finalist said she had injured her knee.
“I’m sorry to have to withdraw because my knee is not very good and I just want to say that I enjoyed my time here in Zhengzhou and I hope I can come back next time. Thanks for cheering me on and I hope to be back next year.” – Ons Zaber.
After the elimination of the finalist from the US Open Championship (2022) and Wimbledon (2022, 2023), Daria Kasatkina reached the semifinals and will meet the winner of the match between the Czech Barbora Krejcikova (18 WTA, favorite 7) and Ukrainian Lesya Tsurenko (43 WTA) .
Unfortunately, after a great fight, @Ons_Jabeur forced to withdraw due to knee injury. uD83DuDE14
Get well soon, Ons! We were very pleased to see you around! uD83EuDEF6uD83CuDFFB❤️ pic.twitter.com/q9zrjSVUZt
— Zhengzhou Open (@ZhengzhouOpen) October 12, 2023
The Zhengzhou Open takes place from October 9 to 15 on hard, is part of the WTA 500 category and has a total prize fund of $780,637. The only previous edition of the tournament (in 2019) was won by Karolina Pliskova.
Source: Hot News
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