Tennis-Jabeur gets first win over Kvitova, Muguruza also through in Sydney


  • Tennis
  • Wednesday, 12 Jan 2022

Tennis - Mubadala World Tennis Championship - International Tennis Centre, Zayed Sports City, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates - December 16, 2021 Tunisia's Ons Jabeur in action during her match against Switzerland's Belinda Bencic REUTERS/Christopher Pike/File Photo

SYDNEY (Reuters) - Tunisian Ons Jabeur got past Petra Kvitova 6-4 6-4 at the Sydney Tennis Classic on Wednesday for her first win over the two-times Wimbledon champion in four meetings, while Spain's Garbine Muguruza also reached the quarter-finals.

World number 10 Jabeur, whose most recent defeat to Kvitova came at Cincinnati in August, fought back from a break down in both sets to prevail on Ken Rosewall Arena.

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