Tunisian star Anas Jaber, ranked fifth in the world, for the first time reached the quarter-finals of the US Open (Flashing Meadows), following she defeated Russian Veronika Kudmirtova (6/7) and (4/6) on Sunday evening (Monday morning GMT). In the fourth round competition.
In the quarter-finals, Anas Jaber will meet Australian Ajla Tomljanovic, who qualified by defeating Russia’s Lyudmila Samsonova (6/7) and (1/6), to be her second successive qualifier to the quarter-finals of the Grand Slam tournaments.
Anas Jaber achieved her first victory over Kudmirtova, knowing that it was the fourth match between them.
Kodmirtova advanced (2/5) during the first set of the match, but Anas Jaber regained her balance in time and turned the scales in her favor in the first set, before imposing her superiority in the second group and clinching the qualification ticket at the expense of her 18th-ranked Russian opponent for the tournament.
And Anas Jaber needed one and a half hours to settle her match in the fourth round at Flushing Meadows.
The victory came as a continuation of the brilliance of the Tunisian star, who is the first Arab player to reach the top ten in the world rankings for WTA players and to reach advanced stages in the Grand Slam tournaments.
And Anas Jaber became the third African player to reach the quarter-finals of the American Championship in the era of the Open Championships, which began in 1968, preceded by South African players Marina Goodwin in 1968 and Amanda Koetzer in the 1994, 1996 and 1998 editions.
Anas Jaber won both of her previous matches once morest Tomljanovic, and the second victory came in the Rome Championship this year.
American 12th seed Corey Gauff qualified for the quarter-finals by defeating China’s Shuai Zhang (5/7) and (5/7).
Gauff will meet in the quarter-finals, French Caroline Garcia, who qualified by defeating American Alison Riske (4/6) and (1/6).
